Re: How to implement 'class methods'

[Andreas Rottmann]

Andreas Rottmann <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi!
> 
> I wonder how one could implement 'class methods' (like C++ static
> methods) in GOOPS. I'd like to call them like this:
> 
> (static-method <a-class> "argument")
> 
> where <a-class> would be the class the method belongs to.
> 
> I could use 
> 
> (define-method (a-method (<class> c) args) (do-something))
> 
> but this would get invoked for all calls that pass a class as first
> argument and I'd have to test if the 'right' class is passed and then
> use (next-method) if not.
> 
Found a solution myself :-): create the classes with static methods
each with its own metaclass and specialize the first argument of the
static method on that metaclass. The MOP is really cool!
<jumps-in-excitement/>

Regards, Andy
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