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Always try sudo (programming.dev)
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[–] 128 points 2 years ago (10 children)

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

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  • [–] 63 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    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....

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    That's an instance property

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Is this some .NET convention that references to instances start with capital letters?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    How is OldMan a property here? It's clearly the name of a class

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Instance properties are PascalCase.

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