At compile time

[bearophile]

Jarrett Billingsley:
>C++ has static initialization that occurs before main() too.  It's just.. hidden.<

I see. I have to learn more about C++. Thank you.

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Lars T. Kyllingstad:

>This is good news! The restrictions you are referring to, are they any of the ones documented here: http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/function.html#interpretation <

That list has a point regarding what I was trying to do:
>4. the function may not be a non-static member, i.e. it may not have a this pointer<
It's true regarding stucts used as values too, and not just classes...

Bye,
bearophile