I'm pretty sure you can have instance and static methods with the same name.
Requiring `Type.foo()` instead of just `foo()` would tell the compiler which
one you want.
- Dave Sweeris
> On Jun 30, 2016, at 21:01, Rick Mann via swift-users <swift-users@swift.org>
> wrote:
>
>
>> On Jun 30, 2016, at 18:47 , zh ao <owe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Just a choice made by the language designers to distinguish the call at the
>> call site.
>>
>> You should be aware of using static methods as it may change static
>> variables, which affects all instances of that class. Normally I think
>> static methods is designed to use outside the class instance, if you have to
>> use it inside its instance method. You may need to rethink the pattern you
>> do.
>
> I think of static methods as applying to all instances, and so code them to
> "behave properly" no matter how they're called (since I can't really control
> who calls it, unless it's my own class). Since it's implicitly obvious (to
> me) that I mean "this class" when I call one, I find it a bit tedious qualify
> the call with the class name.
>
> It's fine, in the end, but I was curious why it was like this, and if there
> was a more obvious reason why it needed the qualification.
>
>>
>> Zhaoxin
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 8:59 AM, Rick Mann via swift-users
>> <swift-users@swift.org> wrote:
>> Why can my instance methods not call class methods without the class
>> specifier?
>>
>> class MyClass
>> {
>> func
>> foo()
>> {
>> classMethod()
>> }
>>
>> class
>> func
>> classMethod()
>> {
>> }
>> }
>>
>> Why do I have to call MyClass.classMethod()? Just a choice made by the
>> language designers to distinguish the call at the call site? I like C++'s
>> way of treating all static methods as directly available to the instance.
>>
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