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digitalmars.D.bugs - [Issue 4557] New: accepts-invalid Overriding static functions inherited from interfaces

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           Summary: accepts-invalid Overriding static functions inherited
                    from interfaces
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: andrej.mitrovich gmail.com



14:18:25 PDT ---
From the page http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/interface.html, the 4th example:

interface D {
    void bar();
    static void foo() { }
    final void abc() { }
}

class C : D {
    void bar() { } // ok
    void foo() { } // error, cannot override static D.foo()
    void abc() { } // error, cannot override final D.abc()
}

The abc() definition will error out, but the foo() one will not. This is
contrary to what it states in the docs:

"Classes that inherit from an interface may not override final or static
interface member functions."

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parent d-bugmail puremagic.com writes:
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yebblies <yebblies gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |yebblies gmail.com
         Resolution|                            |INVALID



There is no error, as foo is _not_ overriding anything.  If you add the
override keyword it makes this very clear:
Error: function testx.C.foo does not override any function

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