Re: Making static class ToString() not possible, why?

Zytan <zytanlithium@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
No, it doesn't. "Override" involves polymorphism, and polymorphism
doesn't apply to static members. To convince yourself of this, try to
work out what situation you'd expect it to be invoked in.

Yes, of course, those are OOP things, and a static class is basically
just a unit of functions. I don't want to inherit anything. I just
want a ToString() method that is automatically invoked when I append
it to a string. But, for that, I want the inherited method, don't I?

But what's the "it" here? You say you want it to be automatically
invoked when you append "it" to a string, but with a static class there
*isn't* anything to append. That's the problem.

This scenario came about from me converting a struct which overrode
ToString(), into a static class. Everything converted over fine,
except the ToString(), which is used only for debugging purposes, so
it's not a big issue. I am just curious about it.

Hope that's cleared things up for you.

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