proporty syntax dosn't work for static memebers (under some cases)

[BCS]

Reply to Frits,

> BCS wrote:
> 
>> struct S
>> {
>> static void F(ref S* s){}
>> }
>> void main()
>> {
>> S* s;
>> s.F();    // fails
>
> Of course it fails. You forgot to specify an argument.

Ok, I didn't /forget/, I was trying to use the array property syntax on a 
struct pointer. As you point out, it doesn't work in any case (their be my 
error).

> I'm not sure what you're trying to do here and what it has to do with
> property syntax.
> However, you seem to think that calling a static method from an
> instance
> (or pointer) should pass what it's called on as a parameter? The only
> thing that works anything like that is arrays and functions that take
> them as the first parameter...

I would consider the fact that this /only/ works with arrays a bug or missed 
feature.

this works:

struct S {}
void F(S[] s){}
void main()
{
	S[] s;
	s.F();
}

so why shouldn't this

struct S {}
void F(S s){}
void main()
{
	S s;
	s.F();
}

then the logical next step is what I was trying.


> (Also, please note that what's more commonly referred to as "property
> syntax" in relation to D is leaving off the parameter brackets from a
> no-argument function or "assigning" something to a single-parameter
> function)

Semantically there is little difference between the two, both allow a function 
to be used with some of the parameter list defined differently. It's not 
exactly the same, but I think the connection should be easy to see.