How do I make an unreferenced object load in C++?

Question

I have a .cpp file (let\'s call it statinit.cpp) compiled and linked into my executable using gcc. My main() function is

Answer 1

One C++'ish way to do this is with Singletons.

Essentially, write a function to return a reference to the object. To force it to initialize, make it a static object inside the function.

Make a class static function that is vaguely like this:

class MyClass {
   static MyClass& getObject()
   {
        static MyObject obj;
        return obj;
    }
};