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in object-oriented programming, access from a static (class) context, as opposed to one from a particular object instance context

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Why the static data members have to be defined outside the class separately in C++ (unlike J...

Since static members are shared between ALL instances of a class, they have to be defined in one and only one place. Really, they're global variables with some access restrictions. If you try to def …
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