https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3345

--- Comment #22 from Max Samukha <maxsamukha@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Walter Bright from comment #15)
> > Otherwise there is no way to explain how .classinfo works in terms of D facilities.

> For code like this:
> 
>     int fun() { return 1; }
>     static int fun() { return 2; }
> 
> I cannot understand what purpose there is for writing such code.

It is a standard OOP practice. For example, 'Equals' in .NET's root class https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.object?view=net-5.0#methods.

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https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3345

--- Comment #23 from Max Samukha <maxsamukha@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Walter Bright from comment #17)
> > But having different error messages depending on the order of declarations is definitely wrong.
> 
> Probably, but it's a minor issue, as both messages are correct.

If there is a matching static overload, "need 'this'" without "matches both" is misleading. I've filed https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22157 for that.

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