[swift-users] Why can't Swift instance methods call class methods without qualification?

[Rick Mann]

Why can my instance methods not call class methods without the class specifier?

class MyClass
{
   func
   foo()
   {
       classMethod()
   }

   class
   func
   classMethod()
   {
   }
}

Why do I have to call MyClass.classMethod()? Just a choice made by the language designers to distinguish the call at the call site? I like C++'s way of treating all static methods as directly available to the instance.

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Rick Mann
rmann at latencyzero.com