#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

class A {
protected:
	static char* a;
public:
	static void test();
};

class B:A {
  public:
    static char* a;
};

char* A::a = "A::a";
char* B::a = "B::a";
void A::test() {
	cout << A::a << endl; // Prints 'A::a'
	cout << B::a << endl; // Prints 'B::a' - B::a is a separate entity from A::a (unlike in PHP - see: http://pastebin.ca/871556)
}

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) {
	A::test();	
    return 0;
}