Re: Static method of inner class needs this

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On Mon, 09 Feb 2015 07:32:32 +0000, rumbu wrote:

> class Outer {
>      class Inner {
>          static Inner createInner()
>          {
>              return new Inner(); //need 'this' to access member
> this
>          }
>      }
> }
> 
> Is this a bug?

strictly speaking, this is not a bug. compiler doesn't do deep analysis 
on nested structures/classes to determine if they really require context 
pointer. you can use `static class Inner` to tell the compiler that 
`Inner` doesn't require any context.

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