From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,e0a59694a441eb7b X-Google-Thread: 103376,e0a59694a441eb7b X-Google-Thread: fac41,e0a59694a441eb7b X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,e0a59694a441eb7b X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,gid103376,gidfac41,gid1108a1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-04-24 03:33:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news-lei1.dfn.de!news-ham1.dfn.de!news.uni-hamburg.de!cs.tu-berlin.de!uni-duisburg.de!not-for-mail From: Georg Bauhaus Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object Subject: Re: OOP Language for OS Development Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 10:33:01 +0000 (UTC) Organization: GMUGHDU Message-ID: References: <95db0572.0404142153.431fd058@posting.google.com> <566e2bfb.0404181753.2844342f@posting.google.com> <4088D574.2020503@tele2.fr> <1082738747.300309@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1082755136.352016@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de X-Trace: a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de 1082802781 13883 134.91.1.34 (24 Apr 2004 10:33:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.uni-duisburg.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 10:33:01 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: tin/1.5.8-20010221 ("Blue Water") (UNIX) (HP-UX/B.11.00 (9000/800)) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.c++:31395 comp.lang.ada:7448 comp.lang.eiffel:736 comp.object:11082 Date: 2004-04-24T10:33:01+00:00 List-Id: In comp.lang.eiffel Hyman Rosen wrote: : What do you mean? A static variable in a function is initialized : the first time control passes through the declarartion, and never : again. So my code is equivalent to your ONCE method - O.K., though that will require another non-local private function?