Static member variable initialization order

[aakash]

Suppose in file a.hpp, we have a struct

struct Base
{
static int x;
}

int Base::x = 1;

and in file b.hpp, we have a struct

struct Derived: Base
{
static int y;
}

int Derived::y = 2;

Is it guaranteed that when we compile these two class file, static
variable x will be initialized before static variable y?
I know that initialization of static variables are not defined, but
since x is in a base class, will it be first initialized?

 

[Victor Bazarov]

Suppose in file a.hpp, we have a struct

struct Base
{
static int x;
}

int Base::x = 1;

and in file b.hpp, we have a struct

struct Derived: Base
{
static int y;
}

int Derived::y = 2;

Is it guaranteed that when we compile these two class file, static
variable x will be initialized before static variable y?
No.

I know that initialization of static variables are not defined, but
since x is in a base class, will it be first initialized?

No.

V

 

[aakash]

No.

V

Why isnt that static members of base class arent compulsorily
initailized first?
Isnt the base class a dependency on the derived class?