Why no static indexers?

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Static Indexers?

As it stands, I have to write my code like this

internal class ReportMap {

    static internal ReportMap Instance {
        get { return reportMap; }
    }

    internal Type this[char c] {
        get { return data[c]; }
    }

    // private parts
    static Dictionary<char, Type> data =
        new Dictionary<char, Type>();

    ReportMap() {
        data.Add('S', typeof(StatusReport));
        data.Add('Q', typeof(QualityReport));
    }

    static ReportMap reportMap = new ReportMap();
}

and to access an index:

Type t = ReportMap.Instance[aChar]; // eww

Is there a specific reason this ability was left out of the language? In particular, would it be considered bad design? There is another question on this already posted, but I unfortunately do not have enough rep to comment.

I think the question is answered at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/401232/static-indexers — Noldorin, Jun 01 '09 at 18:31

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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That's a good dupe reference there. Specifically, check out the answer :-) Static Indexers?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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answered Jun 01 '09 at 18:41

Joel Martinez

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