> On the contrary
> foo1.C
> blah->foofunc();
> foo2.C
> blahobject::foofunc()
> {
> printf("Hi");
> }
> a C++ compiler ends up passing "this" needlessly because it can't tell that
> foofunc of object blahobject need not know who it is.
> Thats only one example.
Bad example. If foofunc is declared static then "this" will not be passed.
If in the future static will be removed (since new version of foofunc will
use part of blahobject internals) then WITHOUT changes in foo1.C (but with
recompilation, of course) "this" will be passed !
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