WV> Neil Heller wrote in a message to Chris Downs:
Sorry for the delay, but my mail system went kabonkers so I haven't
had any fido stuff for at least a week.  Then I see WV quoting you
to me.  
 NH> Are there any times when the function would need to be
 NH> called prior to its instantiation as an object?
 Prior to instantiation, after instantiation, or during the life
 of an object doesn't matter.  Static member functions don't have
 a 'this' pointer.  So they cannot refer to any member data.
 NH> For that
 NH> matter, can you think of a viable necessity for a static
 NH> function?
Wim gave a nice example, but it's not too often that you'll
_have_to_have_ static member functions.  A more common use is for
organizing your code.  Certain 'utility functions' can be grouped
with a class where it may "make sense".  You also would get some
name clashing protection with this vs just making the function
available without the class membership.
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