static member of a class

Question

Which of the following is true?

• A. A static member of a class cannot be inherited by its derived class
• B. A static member of a class can be initialized only within the class it is a member of
• C. A static member of a class can be initialized before an object of that class created
• D. Since static member of a class is actually a global element, it does not require class/object qualifier to access it independently of class/object

Answer 1

i think its (c)  since static members are initialized at class loading time

Comments

In C++, when does a class gets loaded?

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The class is loaded when u run your program