title: In Scala, what is an "early initializer"?
body: <p>In Martin Odersky's <a href="http://www.scala-lang.org/node/8610" rel="noreferrer">recent post about levels of programmer ability</a> in Scala, in the <em>Expert library designer</em> section, he includes the term <strong>"early initializers"</strong>.</p>
  
  <p>These are not mentioned in <em><a href="https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/0981531644" rel="noreferrer" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Programming in Scala</a></em>. What are they?</p>