`static` function ... cannot access variable in frame of ...

[H. S. Teoh]

On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 06:16:44PM +0000, Bastiaan Veelo via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote:
> Hey people, I can use some help understanding why the last line
> produces a compile error.
> 
> ```d
> import std.stdio;
> 
> struct S
> {
>     static void foo(alias len)()
[...]

The trouble is with the `static` here.  A context pointer is necessary
in order to have access to the context of main() from the body of this
function; but `static` precludes this possibility.


T

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