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Re: Designation of a non-static method

From Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: Designation of a non-static method
Date 2012-12-20 13:47 -0800
Organization Canadian Mind Products
Message-ID <fj17d8tn3qqb9fsob2k6sn3vvmo9kkgrhu@4ax.com> (permalink)
References <nextDouble-20121220200056@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de>

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On 20 Dec 2012 19:06:03 GMT, ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram)
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>  I used to think that it was common usage to use »C.f()« for
>  a static method »f()« and »C#f()« for a non-static method
>  »f()« of a class »C«.

Random.nextDouble will not compile, but that is how the method is
named in JavaDoc.  I suppose JavaDoc could be changed to generate
random.nextDouble to hint at the instanceness.  On the other hand, you
will get a warning if you do someobject.somestatic().
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Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com
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as couch potatoes who hire others to go to the gym for them. 

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Re: Designation of a non-static method Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-12-20 13:47 -0800

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