From: daniel.kruegler@googlemail.com   
      
   Am 11.01.2012 23:18, schrieb Johannes Schaub:   
      
   > You can put a typedef there. Declarations are instantiated immediately,   
   > so the following will instantiate the static data member properly as   
   > soon as PrintingYou is instantiated.   
   >   
   > template   
   > struct PrintingYou {   
   > static PrintMe pm;   
   >   
   > template struct Value;   
   > typedef Value ref_type;   
   > };   
      
   This is indeed a nice approach. Unfortunately, not all compilers respect this   
   ODR-usage of PrintingYou::pm (with the corresponding consequences) when   
   PrintingYou is instantiated for some type U, e.g. VS2010 does not construct   
   the PrintMe object via    
   this technique.   
      
   Greetings from Bremen,   
      
   Daniel Krügler   
      
      
      
      
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