Yeah, but 'this' isn't defined inside static member functions. The error message is most certainly correct.

I'll also point out that if you really want to clarify what 'a' you are talking about, you can do:

typeof(this).a = a;

typeof(this) is special cased so it always works, even in static member functions that do not have a 'this' parameter.

-Steve

From: Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich@gmail.com>
To: Discuss the dmd beta releases for D <dmd-beta@puremagic.com>
Sent: Monday, April 9, 2012 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: [dmd-beta] D 2.059 beta 4

On 4/9/12, Walter Bright <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote:
> I believe the error message is correct.

I don't know about that. in TDPL p197 it says:
"If you use an object instead of the class name when accessing a
static member, that's fine, too.:
auto c = (new Widget).someStaticMember"

It would naturally follow that using 'this' for static members would
be ok as well. Why break code now?
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