[swift-users] Why is static a keyword?

[Austin Zheng]

`class` and `static` in classes have subtly different meanings, if I recall
correctly. A `class` declaration can be overriden in subclasses; a `static`
one can't.

Best,
Austin

On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 10:04 AM, Zhao Xin via swift-users <
swift-users at swift.org> wrote:

> 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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