Design Patterns and Refactoring

A global variable is default initialized - when it is declared - but it is not initialized in earnest until its first use. This requires that the initialization code be replicated throughout the application. class GlobalClass { int m_value; public: GlobalClass(int v = 0) { m_value = v; } int get_value() { return m_value; } void set_value(int v) { m_value = v; } }; // Default initialization GlobalC