immutable and static this()

[teo]

On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:27:53 +0100, Simen kjaeraas wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:27:17 +0100, teo <teo.ubuntu at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> I cannot initialize immutable class members inside a static this()
>> constructor. Is there any reason for that?
>>
>> Example:
>> class Test
>> {
>>     public immutable(int) x;
>>     static this()
>>     {
>>         x = 1; // Error: variable Test.x can only initialize const x
>> inside constructor
>>     }
>> }
> 
> Non-static class members require a this pointer, and thus cannot be
> initialized in a static constructor. However, if that is the error
> message you get, it is clearly misleading.

Yes, that is the message. Thanks for the hint.