what is a usage pattern for "static" in an interface?

[deadalnix]

Le 03/02/2012 13:02, Jonathan M Davis a écrit :
> On Friday, February 03, 2012 09:03:21 dennis luehring wrote:
>> Am 03.02.2012 08:40, schrieb Jonathan M Davis:
>>> On Friday, February 03, 2012 08:30:31 dennis luehring wrote:
>>>>   any idea why static could makes sense in an interface? any example?
>>>
>>> The same reason it makes sense in a class. I don't see any difference.
>>
>> that also my first thought - but why do c#, java (and c++) don't allow it?
>
> C++ doesn't have interfaces, and C# and Java don't allow function
> implementations of any kind on interfaces. The same is not true for D.
>

Java will allow it in its next version. This will actually be more 
powerfull that what exists in D.