If you come from a class-based, statically typed object-oriented language (like Java, C++ or C#) I assume that you are trying to create a variable or method associated to a “type” but not to an instance. An example using a “classical” approach, with constructor functions maybe could help you to catch the concepts of basic … Read more
You place the function in the “companion object”. So the java code like this: class Foo { public static int a() { return 1; } } will become class Foo { companion object { fun a() : Int = 1 } } You can then use it from inside Kotlin code as Foo.a(); But from … Read more
A static variable inside a function keeps its value between invocations. A static global variable or a function is “seen” only in the file it’s declared in (1) is the more foreign topic if you’re a newbie, so here’s an example: #include <stdio.h> void foo() { int a = 10; static int sa = 10; … Read more
What makes you say that either a singleton or a static method isn’t thread-safe? Usually both should be implemented to be thread-safe. The big difference between a singleton and a bunch of static methods is that singletons can implement interfaces (or derive from useful base classes, although that’s less common, in my experience), so you … Read more
Variables declared inside the class definition, but not inside a method are class or static variables: >>> class MyClass: … i = 3 … >>> MyClass.i 3 As @millerdev points out, this creates a class-level i variable, but this is distinct from any instance-level i variable, so you could have >>> m = MyClass() >>> … Read more