Static members and access attribute

[Lars Kyllingstad]

Uriel wrote:
> I've found some strange behaviour with static members and haven't noticed anything about it in the documentation.
> 
> module a;
> 
> class A
> {
>     private static int Foo;
> }
> 
> import std.stdio;
> 
> import a;
> 
> void main()
> {
>     A.Foo = 1;
>     writeln(A.Foo);
> 
> /*    
>     A obj = new A();
>     obj.Foo = 2;
>     writeln(A.Foo);
> */
> }
> 
> Program will compile and print '1'. But if uncomment the second part of code compiler will say that "class a.A member Foo is not accessible".
> Is this a bug?

No, that's the way it should be. You get the error because of the line

   obj.Foo = 2;

Foo is not available for instances of A. There is only one (global) Foo, 
namely A.Foo. That's what static means.

-Lars