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reply Jack <jckj33 gmail.com> writes:
works fine (this is defined at global scope, g and baa are same 
as static)

     int f(HWND hwnd, int n)
     {
         return n*10;
     }


     void baa()
     {
         HWND foo;
         writeln(foo.f(10));
     }


but if I wrap this within a class:

class Foo
{
     static int f(HWND hwnd, int n)
     {
         return n*10;
     }


     static void baa()
     {
         HWND foo;
         writeln(foo.f(10));
     }
}

I get the error:

Error: no property f for type void*
Jan 13 2021
parent reply Paul Backus <snarwin gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 13 January 2021 at 17:14:04 UTC, Jack wrote:

 but if I wrap this within a class:

 class Foo
 {
     static int f(HWND hwnd, int n)
     {
         return n*10;
     }


     static void baa()
     {
         HWND foo;
         writeln(foo.f(10));
     }
 }

 I get the error:

 Error: no property f for type void*


Member functions (including static ones) can't be called with 
UFCS.
Jan 13 2021
parent reply Jack <jckj33 gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 13 January 2021 at 17:21:23 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:

 On Wednesday, 13 January 2021 at 17:14:04 UTC, Jack wrote:

 but if I wrap this within a class:

 class Foo
 {
     static int f(HWND hwnd, int n)
     {
         return n*10;
     }


     static void baa()
     {
         HWND foo;
         writeln(foo.f(10));
     }
 }

 I get the error:

 Error: no property f for type void*


 Member functions (including static ones) can't be called with 
 UFCS.


Thanks
  is this documented somewhere? Is this going to change?
Jan 13 2021
parent reply evilrat <evilrat666 gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 14 January 2021 at 05:44:43 UTC, Jack wrote:

 On Wednesday, 13 January 2021 at 17:21:23 UTC, Paul Backus 
 wrote:

 Member functions (including static ones) can't be called with 
 UFCS.





  is this documented somewhere? Is this going to change?


It will stay as is.
It is somewhat vaguely described in p.7 under UFCS section in 
functions

https://dlang.org/spec/function.html#pseudo-member
Jan 14 2021
parent reply Jack <jckj33 gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 14 January 2021 at 09:13:27 UTC, evilrat wrote:

 On Thursday, 14 January 2021 at 05:44:43 UTC, Jack wrote:

 On Wednesday, 13 January 2021 at 17:21:23 UTC, Paul Backus 
 wrote:

 Member functions (including static ones) can't be called with 
 UFCS.





  is this documented somewhere? Is this going to change?


 It will stay as is.
 It is somewhat vaguely described in p.7 under UFCS section in 
 functions

 https://dlang.org/spec/function.html#pseudo-member


I see, thanks
Jan 14 2021
parent Anonymouse <zorael gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 14 January 2021 at 15:20:54 UTC, Jack wrote:

 On Thursday, 14 January 2021 at 09:13:27 UTC, evilrat wrote:

 On Thursday, 14 January 2021 at 05:44:43 UTC, Jack wrote:

 On Wednesday, 13 January 2021 at 17:21:23 UTC, Paul Backus 
 wrote:

 Member functions (including static ones) can't be called 
 with UFCS.





  is this documented somewhere? Is this going to change?


 It will stay as is.
 It is somewhat vaguely described in p.7 under UFCS section in 
 functions

 https://dlang.org/spec/function.html#pseudo-member


 I see, thanks


If it's really important you can make a module-level alias to the 
static method.

https://run.dlang.io/is/4IFsjr
Jan 14 2021