static member methods

[hannes]

Here is an example:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

class tmp2
{
public:
	void test()
	{
		cout<<"we are now in the function 'test'"<<endl;
		return;
	}
};


class tmp
{
public:
	static int hoofd()
	{
		cout<<"this is in 'hoofd'"<<endl;
		tmp2 k;
		k.test();
		cout<<"this was the einde"<<endl;
		return 0;
	}
};

int main()
{
	tmp::hoofd();
	return 0;
}

Look at the main-function. i've declared a member method to be static. bu why do i have to write tmp::hoofd, and not tmp.hoofd??
please answer quick

[helios]

. is used to access data in a specific object (e.g. object.member) and to pass objects as the this parameter to functions (e.g. object.function()).
:: is used for scope resolution.

There is no technical reason for not doing it like you say, but this way is just more coherent.