On 1/17/06, Morten Barklund Shockwaved <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nope, when you call the static method, it will not change when > subclassed. That is exactly as I would expect. > > This is due to the fact, that static methods aren't inherited - they do
So you're saying that since B doesn't have a class method doit(), only the parent of B, A has the class method doit, saying B.doit() will generate an error? Calling B.doit() works for me. B is inheriting the class method doit() from A. > ... they do > not exist on instances. To me, that doesn't make sense. But I'll leave that for another day as I'm NOT instantiating the the class, I'm calling the class methods directly. > ... They only exist on the class itself. When you > call a static method or refence a static variable, that path to the > variable or method will be "hardcoded" in front of the name of the > member and thus not change when subclassed. If what you are saying true, then calling a class method of class that is only defined in the parent will fail. I'm seeing that it works, at least it works for me. > I would also expect this behaviour. Consider static methods as though > they existed in a totally different class. If class A refenced a method > of class C, then just because A was subclassed into B, B still refers to > class C - what else should it do? Honour the heritance tree which is what seems to be happening when you call a class method on B that is only defined in B's parent A.. Chris -- Chris Velevitch Manager - Sydney Flash Platform Developers Group www.flashdev.org.au _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
