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  // global scope
  static const QString x; // Wrong - default constructor needs to be run to initialize x  
  static const QString y = "Hello"; // Wrong - constructor that takes a const char * has to be run  
  QString z; // super wrong  
  static const int i = foo(); // wrong - call time of foo() undefined, might not be called at all  

  // global scope
  static const char x[] = "someText"; // Works - no constructor must be run, x set at compile time  
  static int y = 7; // Works - y will be set at compile time  
  static MyStruct s = {1, 2, 3}; // Works - will be initialized statically, no code being run  
  static QString *ptr = 0; // Pointers to objects are ok - no code needed to be run to initialize ptr  

 
 Q_STATIC_GLOBAL(QString, s)

  void foo()  
  {  
      s()->append("moo");  
  }