why the output of this code is 4 why not 5 or 8.

Question

#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
class A
{
int a;
static int b;
};
int A::b;
int main()
{
cout<<sizeof(A);
return 0;
}

Answer 1

~ swim ~
So the `sizeof` only returns summary of size of instance members (excludes class member) when it comes to objects?

Answer 2

Because int is 4 bytes

Answer 3

but about static int b

Answer 4

Aadarsh Gupta

The static int variable also occupies 4 bytes.