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Is using too much static bad or good?

I like to use static functions in C++ as a way to categorize them, like C# does.

Console::WriteLine("hello")

Is this good or bad? If the functions are used often I guess it doesn't matter, but if not do they put pressure on memory?

What about static const?

Solution

  • but is it good or bad

    The first adjective that comes to mind is "unnecessary". C++ has free functions and namespaces, so why would you need to make them static functions in a class?

    The use of static methods in uninstantiable classes in C# and Java is a workaround because those languages don't have free functions (that is, functions that reside directly in the namespace, rather than as part of a class). C++ doesn't have that flaw. Just use a namespace.