Error: Non-static method overrides static method

[Chris Gray]

On Monday 28 June 2004 20:25, Tom Tromey wrote:

> Furthermore, it is a little-known corner of the Java language that
> you can write:
>
>     expr.method ();
>
> ... where `method' is a static method.  This evaluates `expr' for side
> effects and then calls the static method.  Goofy, perhaps useless, but
> there it is.

Sometimes I'm glad I only have to deal with bytecode. :0 Out of curiosity, 
what means "evaluates `expr' for side effects"? Is
    instanceOfFoo.instanceMethod().staticMethod()
somehow different to 
  instanceOfFoo.instanceMethod(); Foo.staticMethod();
or is there some other magic involved?

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