immutable and static this()

[Simen kjaeraas]

On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:27:17 +0100, teo <teo.ubuntu at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I cannot initialize immutable class members inside a static this()
> constructor. Is there any reason for that?
>
> Example:
> class Test
> {
>     public immutable(int) x;
>     static this()
>     {
>         x = 1; // Error: variable Test.x can only initialize const x
> inside constructor
>     }
> }

Non-static class members require a this pointer, and thus cannot be
initialized in a static constructor. However, if that is the error
message you get, it is clearly misleading.

-- 
Simen