Ah, how come I never thought about trying that!?
Thanks!
Regards,
Glen
> On 23 Sep 2017, at 1:10 PM, Slava Pestov <spes...@apple.com> wrote:
>
>
>> On Sep 22, 2017, at 10:10 PM, Glen Huang via swift-users
>> <swift-users@swift.org> wrote:
>>
>> I have a class like this:
>>
>> class File {
>> type: FileType
>> url: URL
>> func fetch(from server: Server) {
>> type(of: server).get(from: url)
>> }
>> }
>>
>> However, it fails to compile with "Cannot call value of non-function type
>> ‘File’” inside the body of fetch(from:). I believe the reason is that
>> self.type shadows type(of: server).
>>
>> Other than renaming the “type” property, is there any other way to work
>> around it? I tried "Foundation.type(of: server)” and found out that it’s
>> from the standard library and not Foundation. Is there a prefix that denotes
>> the standard library?
>
> The standard library module is named ‘Swift’, so ‘Swift.type(of:)’ should do
> the trick.
>
>>
>> A more general question, since this is clearly a function call, why would it
>> be shadowed by self.type, which is clearly a property access?
>>
>> I’m using Swift 4 in Xcode 9.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Glen
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