`static` on module-level functions

IchorDev zxinsworld at gmail.com
Fri Jul 7 10:38:20 UTC 2023


On Friday, 7 July 2023 at 10:01:41 UTC, Richard (Rikki) Andrew 
Cattermole wrote:
> Static does do something on functions when they are not 
> free-functions.
>
> https://dlang.org/spec/attribute.html#static
>

Well yes, I even mentioned that in the OP. It's just that I'd 
expect using `static` "incorrectly" to cause an error, like 
`const` does. Instead, marking something as `static` *actually* 
does nothing, and nothing really tells you, so it causes a bit of 
a placebo effect.

> https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24038

Thank you! :)


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