Automatic initialization routine in C++ library?
- by Robert Mason
If i have a header file foo.h and a source file foo.cpp, and foo.cpp contains something along the lines of:
#ifdef WIN32
class asdf {
asdf() { startup_code(); }
~asdf() { cleanup_code(); }
};
asdf __STARTUP_HANDLE__
#else
//unix does not require startup or cleanup code in this case
#endif
but foo.h does not define class asdf, say i have an application bar.cpp:
#include "foo.h"
//link in foo.lib, foo.dll, foo.so, etc
int main() {
//do stuff
return 0;
}
If bar.cpp is compiled on a WIN32 platform, will the asdf() and ~asdf() be called at the appropriate times (before main() and at program exit, respectively) even though class asdf is not defined in foo.h, but is linked in through foo.cpp?
