Melvin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> At 10:50 AM 4/10/2002 -0700, Glenn Linderman wrote:
>>"Mark J. Reed" wrote:
>> >
>> > On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 10:30:25AM -0700, Glenn Linderman wrote:
>> > > method m1
>> > > {
>> > > m2; # calls method m2 in the same class
>> > Yes, but does it call it as an instance method on the current invocant
>> > or as a class method with no invocant? If the former, how would you
>> > do the latter?
>>
>>Should both be allowed to exist? Do both exist? Why do both exist?
>>(with the same name). If only one exists, then that would be the one
>>that gets called.
>
> I'd hope it would assume "instance" method until told otherwise,
> since static methods (class methods) are seldom used in OOP.
Um... don't you use factory methods? I know I do.
--
Piers
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a language in
possession of a rich syntax must be in need of a rewrite."
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