loading C++ into Python; static instance initialization?

[Ed F. McCurdy]

The	quick answer probably is
link using the C++ compiler rather than ld or the C compiler.

The longer answer is that the static C++ objects with ctors
are named in a special way, and that during linking
code to call the ctors (and dtors) is generated. gcc calls this
process "collect", others have called it "munch".

Hope this helps,
Ed
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