[news.eclipse.tools] Re: The static field xxx.yyy should be accessed in

["Bob Foster" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"Hans Schwäbli" <hans.schwaebli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I think it has a great advantages for readability and comprehension to
write
> code so that static fields are accessed in a static way.

I'm trying to understand what the great advantage is. Seems like a nuisance
to me. Here's another example you might not like:

Lexer lexer = new Lexer();
if (lexer.next() == lexer.COMMA) ...

In this case, COMMA is static, but it need not be, and *who cares*?

> The example you wrote is only a little side effect in my eyes.

At least it's a reason.

Bob