Is it not possible to have a static function template with the same name as the non-static version? struct S { int i; auto foo(T)(int j) { i=j; } static auto foo(T)(int j) { S s; s.foo!T(j); return s; } } void main() { auto s = S.foo!bool(1); } Error: need 'this' for 'foo' of type '(int j)'