initializing static variable with a function call gives compilation error?

Question

#include 
int foo(){
    return 1;
}
int main(void) {
    static int q = foo(); 
    return 0;
}

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Answer 1

Global and static variables can only be initialized with constant expressions known at compile time. Calling your foo() function does not constitute using a constant expression. Further, the order in which global and static variables are initialized is not specified. Generally, calling foo() would mean that there must be a certain order, because the function can reasonably expect some other variables to be already initialized.

IOW, in C, neither of your code is executed before main().

In C++ there are ways around it, but not in C.