Is there any practical difference between either of these:

// Foo.cfc
component {
	static {
		Foo::someVar = 0
	}
}

// Foo.cfc
component {
	static {
		static.someVar = 0
	}
}

Or, that said, any idiomatic preference for one or the other.

The second one is better IMHO, as it's self contained / referential.

going from memory, but shouldn't that be,

component {
    static {
        (public|private)? (final)? someVar = 0;
    }
}

i thought the

static

scope is only necessary in member methods trying to access that scope.