ref on hidden this param

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Sunday, 5 October 2025 at 07:40:25 UTC, TwoOfCups wrote:
> On Sunday, 5 October 2025 at 06:56:27 UTC, Richard (Rikki) 
> Andrew Cattermole wrote:
>>
>> Why not use a static method instead?
>
>
> yeah i was thinking about doing that but like i said the 
> serialization code is already a fucking mess of weird little 
> special cases. so now i have to add checks for if the proxy 
> functions are static and handle in a different way.

I use a static method for (de)serialization, it works pretty well.

You should require static methods IMO, this is the right 
abstraction. Because you are creating a new instance, and that 
requires different semantics than just overwriting an existing 
one.

-Steve