Nick wanted static options....

nick_singleton.cpp

class NicksClassOptions // singleton class 
{
        private:
            // make the default constructor and the copy constructor private
            // to prevent extra versions of this floating around
            NicksClassOptions() {};                                 
            NicksClassOptions(const NicksClassOptions&);
            // prevent people changing this
            NicksClassOptions& operator=(const NicksClassOptions&);                
        public:
            // example variable i like to have in a single class
            int verbose;

            // this is the only function we define on the class
            static NicksClassOptions& O()
            {
                    // access the private constructor here; make it static so
                    // repeated calls get the same object
                    static NicksClassOptions singleton;
                    return singleton;
            }
};

//Access it like:
NicksClassOptions::O().verbose