title: Populate a static member container in c++
body: <p>I've got a static class member which is some container, like</p>
  
  <p>(Foo.h)</p>
  
  <pre><code>class Foo
  {
     ...
  private:
     static list&lt;string&gt; s_List;
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I need to populate the list with a number of specific values. Actually it should be also <strong>const</strong>, but that might overcomplicate the problem further.
  All the class member functions are static, so initializing it in a constructor doesn't make sense.</p>