[swift-users] Why is static a keyword?

Zhao Xin owenzx at gmail.com
Thu May 11 12:04:50 CDT 2017


No. I think it is just a compromise.

Zhaoxin

On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 1:01 AM, Adrian Zubarev <
adrian.zubarev at devandartist.com> wrote:

> I don’t think this is the answer that was asked for. I bet it’s more a
> technical question from the internal point of of view.
>
>
>
> --
> Adrian Zubarev
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> Am 11. Mai 2017 um 18:59:58, Zhao Xin via swift-users (
> swift-users at swift.org) schrieb:
>
> In Swift, you use `static in struct and enum` and `class in class`. For
> example,
>
> struct Foo {
>
>     static func bar() {
>
>
>
>     }
>
> }
>
>
> class ClassFoo {
>
>     class func bar() {
>
>
>
>     }
>
> }
>
>
> Another the `class func bar()` can replace to `static` as well. Here the
> `static` and `class` are equal in functions of classes.
>
>
> And `class` is a keyword.
>
>
> class ClassFoo2 {
>
>     static func bar() {
>
>
>
>     }
>
> }
>
>
> Zhaoxin
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 12:17 AM, Jose Cheyo Jimenez via swift-users <
> swift-users at swift.org> wrote:
>
>> I was expecting static to be a builtin. Does anybody know why it must be
>> a keyword?
>>
>> Background. https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-4834
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