> On Sep 22, 2017, at 10:10 PM, Glen Huang via swift-users
> <swift-users@swift.org> wrote:
>
> I have a class like this:
>
> class File {
> type: FileType
> url: URL
> func fetch(from server: Server) {
> type(of: server).get(from: url)
> }
> }
>
> However, it fails to compile with "Cannot call value of non-function type
> ‘File’” inside the body of fetch(from:). I believe the reason is that
> self.type shadows type(of: server).
>
> Other than renaming the “type” property, is there any other way to work
> around it? I tried "Foundation.type(of: server)” and found out that it’s from
> the standard library and not Foundation. Is there a prefix that denotes the
> standard library?
The standard library module is named ‘Swift’, so ‘Swift.type(of:)’ should do
the trick.
>
> A more general question, since this is clearly a function call, why would it
> be shadowed by self.type, which is clearly a property access?
>
> I’m using Swift 4 in Xcode 9.
>
> Regards,
> Glen
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