[swift-users] Why is static a keyword?

[Zhao Xin]

You are right. I was wrong. Thank you.

Zhaoxin

On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 1:07 AM, Austin Zheng <austinzheng at gmail.com> wrote:

> `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
>>> Sent with Airmail
>>>
>>> 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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