Re: [RFC] Static class

From: Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 18:39:27 +0000
Subject: Re: [RFC] Static class
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> On Jun 25, 2024, at 9:17 AM, Derick Rethans <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Having read this thread, and the previous one from half a year ago, I
> will do so too. In short, we shouldn't be encouraging static classes as
> a bag of static functions, that ought to be just namespaced functions.

Which brings us back to the age-old problem that functions can’t be autoloaded. Me, I want
first-class modules, but until we have those, I have to settle for classes in the meantime.
Scala/Kotlin-like “companion objects” might be a good all-round substitute though.

Cheers,
chuck


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