[MESOS-2694] Codify rules & patterns around static globals

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Accepted
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Labels: mesosphere
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Joris Van Remoortere
• Shepherd: Benjamin Hindman
• Created: 05/May/15 20:15
• Updated: 26/Nov/18 13:36

Description

Let's discuss and then codify the rules and patterns around using, initializing, and finalizing static globals.

This topic has arisen many times, and there are multiple debates around safety measures between separate linkage between modules, globals within functions, and c++11 compilers.