Method pointers are *function* pointers?? Or delegates??

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Fri, 18 May 2012 15:17:28 -0400, Mehrdad <wfunction at hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Friday, 18 May 2012 at 18:59:23 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> On Fri, 18 May 2012 14:30:46 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu  
>> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/18/12 1:22 PM, Mehrdad wrote:
>>>> My brain just exploded.
>>>> Can someone explain what's going on?
>>>>
>>>> class Test
>>>> {
>>>> public void foo() { }
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> static assert(is(typeof(&Test.foo) == void function()));
>>>
>>> Looks like a bug. The assert should pass only if foo were static.
>>
>> No, this is not a bug.
>>
>> The purpose is so you can get the function pointer portion of a  
>> delegate without an instance of the object.
>
> I actually realized that might be the reason before I reported this, but  
> then I thought:
>
> In that case, shouldn't the 'this' parameter be explicitly part of the  
> function (at the end of the parameter list)?

That would be nice, wouldn't it? :)

-Steve