Static function template

[Vadim Lopatin via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Thursday, 7 May 2015 at 10:19:44 UTC, Lemonfiend wrote:
> 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)'

Can be fixed by using of different names for static and 
non-static function.
Not sure why doesn't work w/o this change (compiler bug?)

struct S
{
     int i;

     auto foo2(T)(int j) {
         i=j;
     }

     static S foo(T)(int j) {
         S s;
         s.foo2!T(j);
         return s;
     }
}

void main()
{
     auto s = S.foo!bool(1);
}