CS2 Discussion: Features: Static keyword

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From @GeoffreyBooth on 2017-01-27 06:32

CoffeeScript classes already have support for static methods, via @methodName syntax:

class Maths
  @square: (x) -> x * x

Assuming we implement getters and setters, and assuming their syntax looks something like this:

class Square extends Rectangle
  get perimeter: -> @side * 4
  set area: (x) -> @side = Math.sqrt x

Then I think we should also support the static keyword, for consistency:

class Maths
  static square: (x) -> x * x

Please keep discussion of get and set over in coffeescript6/discuss#17. If we decide not to implement get and set, or if we implement them in some syntax unlike what’s here, then we don’t need the static keyword. I propose we add the static keyword only if we add get and set keywords. We would also keep the @methodName syntax, for backward compatibility.

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From @mrmowgli on 2017-03-17 07:22

I actually would like to avoid adding an alternate keyword for this. I think current way of dealing with it is consistent with the language. I can see some confusion around this, but for the most part that falls back to adding to the documentation.

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From @mrmowgli on 2017-03-17 07:22

Also it looks like we are avoiding adding get/set to the language.

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From @GeoffreyBooth on 2017-04-10 00:17

Closing per consensus in coffeescript6/discuss#17