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Static rules

Posted by Alex Farquhar on January 31, 2001 at 1:17 PM

Why can't you access non-static variables from a static context (e.g. the main method). In other words, what would be the consequences of doing this if it was allowed?

thanx

Alex

• Re saddy January 31, 2001 at 1:37 PM (1)
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