Do static member variables ever get garbage collected?
For example, let's use the following class.
public class HasStatic {
private static List<string> shared = new List<string>();
}
And supposed that it's used like this:
//Startup
{
HasStatic a = new HasStatic();
HasStatic b = new HasStatic();
HasStatic c = new HasStatic();
HasStatic d = new HasStatic();
//Something
}
//Other code
//Things deep GC somewhere in here
HasStatic e = new HasStatic();
When a, b, c, and d are garbage collected does the static member shared get collected as well? Could e possibly get a new instance of shared?