Re: Are static variables available to other static variables?

[Jamie via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Friday, 12 April 2019 at 10:49:19 UTC, Jamie wrote:

I was trying to declare a static variable dependent on another static variable, but it didn't work. Are static variables not known to other static variables at compile time?

void main()
{       
        C c = new C();
}

class C
{
    static size_t A = 2;
    static size_t B = 2^^A; // A is not known at compile time
}

Ok I'm confused... why does that above not work but this does:

void main()
{       
    C c = new C();
}
class C
{
    static size_t A = 2;
    static size_t B;
    static this()
    {
        B = 2^^A;
    }
}