Statically initialized motor controllers throw an exception in C++

[CoryNessCTR]

Describe the bug Statically initializing a motor controller in C++ throws an exception "NIFPGA: Resource not initialized: GetFPGATime"

To Reproduce

1. Create new C++ project
2. Add following lines to Robot.cpp file:

   #include "frc/motorcontrol/Victor.h"
   frc::Victor v{5};

Expected behavior Robot program does not crash

[Starlight220]

How was this not caught until now? Was it because everything was inside the Robot instance, which got constructed later?

[ThadHouse]

It’s C++ exclusive, it’s a race condition in some cases, and if other objects are initialized before the motor controllers, it will bypass the issue. And also we generally tell teams to avoid initializing statically.