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No. A static member variable is local to the class in which it is declared (much like a global, but scoped to the class) and is accessible to all instances of the class. Since it does not belong to any one instance of the class, it cannot be accessed via the this pointer, as you can with non-static members. Implicitly accessing the variable is the same as explicitly accessing it via ::.

Note that it is possible to access a static member variable from outside the class by providing an accessor (getter) for it within the class. The accessor should be static as well, but needn't be, but it should return by value, otherwise it is no better than a global.

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