Yeah, but 'this' isn't defined inside static member functions. The error
message is most certainly correct.
I'll also point out that if you really want to clarify what 'a' you are talking
about, you can do:
typeof(this).a = a;
typeof(this) is special cased so it always works, even in static member
functions that do not have a 'this' parameter.
-Steve
>________________________________
> From: Andrej Mitrovic <[email protected]>
>To: Discuss the dmd beta releases for D <[email protected]>
>Sent: Monday, April 9, 2012 5:24 PM
>Subject: Re: [dmd-beta] D 2.059 beta 4
>
>On 4/9/12, Walter Bright <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I believe the error message is correct.
>
>I don't know about that. in TDPL p197 it says:
>"If you use an object instead of the class name when accessing a
>static member, that's fine, too.:
>auto c = (new Widget).someStaticMember"
>
>It would naturally follow that using 'this' for static members would
>be ok as well. Why break code now?
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