<code>
#1  class B{
#2    int f(int i){return i;}
#3    static int f(){
#4      return 0;
#5    }
#6  }
#7  class A{
#8    int f(){
#9      return B.f();
#10   }
#11 }
</code>


DMD 0.113 complains:
"test.d(9): 'this' is required, but B is not a base class of A"
As we can see, class A doesn't have to derive from B to call its
static method.
BTW, the code compiles if line #2 is commented out.

Here is a variant example to demonstrate the bug:
<code>
class B{
  void f(int i){}
  static void f(){}
}
void main(){
  B.f();
}
</code>

DMD error message:
"test.d(6): 'this' is only allowed in non-static member functions"

Interestingly, if we switch the order of method declaration,
the code compiles happily.
<code>
class B{
  static void f(){}
  void f(int i){}
}
void main(){
  B.f();
}
</code>


zwang wrote:
> <code>
> #1  class B{
> #2    int f(int i){return i;}
> #3    static int f(){
> #4      return 0;
> #5    }
> #6  }
> #7  class A{
> #8    int f(){
> #9      return B.f();
> #10   }
> #11 }
> </code>
> 
> 
> DMD 0.113 complains:
> "test.d(9): 'this' is required, but B is not a base class of A"
> As we can see, class A doesn't have to derive from B to call its
> static method.
> BTW, the code compiles if line #2 is commented out.

zwang wrote:
> Here is a variant example to demonstrate the bug:
> <code>
> class B{
>   void f(int i){}
>   static void f(){}
> }
> void main(){
>   B.f();
> }
> </code>
> 
> DMD error message:
> "test.d(6): 'this' is only allowed in non-static member functions"
<snip top of upside-down reply>

This bug has been around for ages and reported several times.  Here are just some of the bugs that have been around for a while (if you haven't found it already):

http://www.wikiservice.at/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?PendingPeeves

Stewart.

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Stewart Gordon wrote:
> This bug has been around for ages and reported several times.  Here are just some of the bugs that have been around for a while (if you haven't found it already):
> 
> http://www.wikiservice.at/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?PendingPeeves
> 
> Stewart.
> 

Thanks. I wasn't aware of this page before.