Static object member of the same class

[bheadmaster]

Why is this code legal in C++?

class myClass
{
public:
	int someInt;

	static myClass subObject; // infinite loop?
};

Wouldn't it cause an infinite loop of object creation? I mean, when you declare a myClass object, it would create a static myClass object, which would create a static myClass object, which would...etc?

And how could code like this be useful in real world coding?

[tcs]

"static" attributes and methods aren't part of an object. Think of them as class attributes. They will not be instantiated on object creation. So they exists only once while non-static attributes do exist as a separate instance for each object.

"static" attributes are helpful f.e. to realize singletons, to define constants or initialization purposes.

[bheadmaster]

Ah. It's all clear now. Thank you :)