c++ - Call a function before main

Question

(This question already has answers here): question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10897552/call-a-function-before-main

Answer 1

You can have a global variable or a static class member.

1) static class member

//BeforeMain.h
class BeforeMain
{
    static bool foo;
};

//BeforeMain.cpp
#include "BeforeMain.h"
bool BeforeMain::foo = foo();

2) global variable

bool b = foo();
int main()
{
}

Note this link - Mirror of http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/ctors.html#faq-10.14 / proposed alternative - posted by Lundin.