On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 02:46:13 -0400, Jacob Carlborg <d...@me.com> wrote:
UFCS can be used to emulate adding new members/instance methods to a
class or struct:
class Foo
{
}
void bar (Foo foo, int x) {}
auto foo = new Foo;
foo.bar(3);
Is it possible, somehow, to emulate adding new _static_ methods to a
class, something like this:
void fooBar (/*something*/, int x) {}
Making this possible:
Foo.fooBar(4);
The main benefit of having a static method vs. a free function is
namespace. That is, avoiding polluting the global namespace.
But a UFCS function *will* pollute the namespace. There is no way around
it.
I see no compelling reason to have this. BTW, you can always replace the
. with a _:
Foo_fooBar(4);
We need there to be a really compelling use case to add things like this
-- just adding features for the sake of "just in case it's useful" doesn't
fly.
-Steve
