Visual 2015 C++ compiler: Call of static member with object does not lead to compiler error

Question

I noticed that I do not get a compiler error for the following code. Instead the program hangs. Why is that so?

class GLvector
{
public:
  static GLvector CrossProduct(const GLvector &V1, const GLvector &V2);

// ..

GLvector v;
v.CrossProduct(foo, bar);

You may call a static function using member access operator applied to a class object. — Vlad from Moscow, Jan 25 '17 at 13:45

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 25 '17 at 13:51

It is not necessary to call a static function through an object of your class but you CAN call it through object.

Calling the static function through an object doesn't causes any compiler errors and it also doesn't hangs your program. Program hanging in your case might be because of some other issue.

Visual 2015 C++ compiler: Call of static member with object does not lead to compiler error

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