> I don't see what's so terrible about it
It's bug prone.
class Foo {
public:
static void test1() { }
void test2() { }
}
Foo f;
f.test1(); /// Oh nice, that works, f is not null.
f.test2(); /// WTF? f is null?
Also I don't know why I should call static methods from an
instance. What's the purpose?