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Eugene Burmako

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Mar 31, 2012, 5:03:11 AM3/31/12

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When exactly is a sym marked as STATIC?

martin odersky

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Mar 31, 2012, 5:04:44 AM3/31/12

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On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Eugene Burmako <eugene....@epfl.ch> wrote:

When exactly is a sym marked as STATIC?

If it's a member of a toplevel object, or of an object contained in a toplevel object, or any number of levels deep.

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- Martin

Eugene Burmako

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Mar 31, 2012, 5:18:38 AM3/31/12

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Aha, so it also affects members - this is what caused my problems. By the way, why?

martin odersky

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Mar 31, 2012, 5:43:03 AM3/31/12

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On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Eugene Burmako <eugene....@epfl.ch> wrote:

Aha, so it also affects members - this is what caused my problems. By the way, why?

To find out whether a class needs an outer pointer, for instance.

Btw if you want just objects, not members, it's isStaticOwner which should be the right call.

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On 31 March 2012 11:04, martin odersky <martin....@epfl.ch> wrote:

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Eugene Burmako <eugene....@epfl.ch> wrote:

When exactly is a sym marked as STATIC?

If it's a member of a toplevel object, or of an object contained in a toplevel object, or any number of levels deep.

Cheers

- Martin

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