c++静态成员变量使用前必须初始化，那么下面这个例子为什么不用初始化？

有三个文件：

student.h文件

#include <string>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
const int MAX_NAME_SIZE = 30;
class Student{
 public:
   Student(const char * pszName);
  ~Student();
 public:
  static void PrintfAllStudents();
 private:
  char m_name[MAX_NAME_SIZE];
  Student *next;
  Student *prev;
  static Student *m_head;  //这里为什么后面没看到它的初始化语句？？
 };

function.cc文件

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <string.h>
#include "student.h"
using namespace std;
Student::Student(const char *pszName)
  {
    strcpy(this->m_name,pszName);
    this -> next = m_head;
    this -> prev =NULL;
    if(m_head != NULL)
      m_head -> prev = this;