inline variable is initialized more than once

Question

Im seeing some examples of inline const variable getting initialized (and destructed) 3 times with visual studio 2017. Is this is a bug with the linker ? or is

Answer 1

As of today there is an update for visual studio 2017 to version 15.9.24 which fixes the problem.

From the release notes:

Fixed C++ compiler bug for proper folding of inline variable dynamic initializers.