Can I run a function only once per process in linqpad?

Question

I have a Ninject IoC container which has many bindings. I'm binding in my linqpad script.

However, this fails when I try to run more than once, because there are then multiple bindings for the same types on the second run, so when I try to get from the IoC container it fails.

Is there an application start or init function I use from Ninject so the binding only happens once?

In an MVC program for example, I would use Application_Start()

Example: In this program each time the program is run the output count is increased. Is there an application start event I can hook into to reset the count?

My actual needs are to prevent double binding of ninject kernels, so please no "solutions" that fix the singleton, I know it's not thread safe etc!

void Main()
{
    {
        var x = Singleton.Instance;
        Console.WriteLine(x.count++);
    }
}

// Define other methods and classes here

public class Singleton
{
    private static Singleton instance;

    private Singleton() { }

    public int count;

    public static Singleton Instance
    {
        get
        {
            if (instance == null)
            {
                instance = new Singleton();
                instance.count = 0;
            }
            return instance;
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

I didn't realise this happened with statics in LinqPad. Good find.

Have you tried wrap the call to Application_Start() with a flag in your Singleton class in a similar way to your use of if(instance == null).

Something like...

private static bool _initialised;
public static void Initialise()
{
    if(_initialised)
      return;
    _initialise = true;
    something.Application_Start();
}