[cfe-dev] Warning for static member accessed through dot or arrow

[Csaba Raduly via cfe-dev]

On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 1:32 AM, Mat Sutcliffe via cfe-dev
<cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
(snip)
> Maybe it's too simple an issue for anyone to waste time talking about, so it
> might just be a case of submitting the patch and seeing what happens. I'm
> just being extra cautious because it's my first patch to LLVM.
> Coincidentally, this came up on StackOverflow just the other day:
> <http://stackoverflow.com/q/41018973/1639256>

The fact that it caused somebody to go WTF when reading that code
suggests that a compiler warning about it *is* worthwhile.

That line of code probably caused a loss of 30-60 minutes of
programmer productivity.

Csaba
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