• vala@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Calls a static method on the OldMan class instead of the instance of oldMan that is actually dying.

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      6 months ago

      Tonight's story: Every man older than OldMan.getMinimumAge() has been in perfect *unchanging* health for the last few months‽ To find out why, stay tuned! Our experts chime in to help you understand....

      • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de
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        6 months ago

        But then they really have no idea and try to convince you it’s from some stupid diet trick fed to them by a sponsor.

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          Yeah, properties (like a field but with a getter and/or setter method, may or may not be backed by a field) are PascalCase