static this sucks, we should deprecate it

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Thu, 28 May 2009 11:52:20 -0400, Denis Koroskin <2korden at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> On Thu, 28 May 2009 19:44:42 +0400, BCS <none at anon.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Steven,
>>
>>> fails to compile due to the perceived circular dependency, even though
>>> none exists.
>>
>> IIRC it compiles, but fails as soon as you run it.
>>
>>>  -Steve
>>>
>>
>>
>
> Which is even worse. Walter stated that "silently generating bad code"  
> (i.e. code that doesn't work) is a top priority bug.
>
> I wonder why this design flaw isn't fixed for so long...

It's not so silent.  The code deterministically fails every time you run  
it.  When was the last time you published a compiled program that you  
never tested, even once? ;)

BCS, thanks for pointing that out.  I forgot about that.

-Steve