Editing Class variable (section)

==Static member variables and static member functions==
{{see also|Static method}}
In some languages, class variables and class methods are either statically resolved, not via [[dynamic dispatch]], or their memory [[static memory allocation|statically allocated]] at compile time (once for the entire class, as [[static variable]]s), not dynamically allocated at run time (at every instantiation of an object). In other cases, however, either or both of these are dynamic. For example, if classes can be dynamically defined (at run time), class variables of these classes are allocated dynamically when the class is defined, and in some languages class methods are also dispatched dynamically.

Thus in some languages, '''static member variable''' or '''static member function''' are used synonymously with or in place of "class variable" or "class function", but these are not synonymous across languages. These terms are commonly used in [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]],<ref name=ClassVariablesinCSharp/> and [[C++]], where class variables and class methods are declared with the [[Static (keyword)|<code>static</code> keyword]], and referred to  as '''static member variables''' or '''static member functions'''.