There is no concept with the name "static block" in C/C++. Java has it however, a "static block" is an initializer code block for a class which runs exactly once, before the first instance of a class is created. The basic concept 'stuff that runs exactly once' can simulated in C/C++ with a static variable, for example:
int some_function(int a, int b)
{
static bool once=true;
if (once)
{
// this code path runs only once in the program's lifetime
once=false;
}
...
}
This is not thread-safe however. Getting this working right in the presence of multiple threads can be difficult and tricky sometimes.
