Re: Static in Subclasses

FROM : Hamish Allan
DATE : Thu Mar 27 22:05:05 2008

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Justin Giboney
<<email_removed>> wrote:

>  How can I get a variable that is static to each subclass, but that is
>  declared in the super class?


In short, you can't. "static" in C means "within the scope of the
source file". Split your subclasses off into their own files, define
your static variables there, give them accessor methods, and use those
accessors in the superclass.

Hamish