Thread: static character pointer within a function

Hi All,

I am not sure all static variables define locally within a function is putting on stack memory or on the heap or global memory space.
Does anyone know?
Thanks!
DV007

Code:

class Foo
{
   public:
   Foo();
   void convert_message_to_string()
   {
      static char * strbuffer;    // is strbuffer on stack or heap after function return???
     // convert an unpredict size of message struct into string, then return . With restriction of not allow using New operator or Malloc(). Gosh!  
   }

  private:
   struct MessageType message;

};