Static member variable in template, with multiple dlls

Question

My code is built to multiple .dll files, and I have a template class that has a static member variable.

I want the same instance of this static member variable to be

Answer 1

The problem is that each different template instantiation is a different type with its own static variable that is not shared with other instances that have different template parameters. You could provide a non-template base class that contains the static variable.