How to force a static member to be initialized?

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Consider:

template<typename T, T> struct value { };

template<typename T>
struct HasStatics {
  static int a; // we force this to be initialized
  typedef value<int&, a> value_user;
};

template<typename T>
int HasStatics<T>::a = /* whatever side-effect you want */ 0;

It’s also possible without introducing any member:

template<typename T, T> struct var { enum { value }; };
typedef char user;

template<typename T>
struct HasStatics {
  static int a; // we force this to be initialized
  static int b; // and this

  // hope you like the syntax!
  user :var<int&, a>::value,
       :var<int&, b>::value;
};

template<typename T>
int HasStatics<T>::a = /* whatever side-effect you want */ 0;

template<typename T>
int HasStatics<T>::b = /* whatever side-effect you want */ 0;

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