Why keyword 'this' cannot be used in a static method?

Question

Why can\'t the keyword this be used in a static method? I am wondering why C# defines this constraint. What benefits can be gained by this constraint?

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Answer 1

I am not sure if this helps your problem, but I believe these two code snippets are equivalent:

MyStaticClass.foo();

and simply

foo();

will both call the foo() method in the MyStaticClass class, assuming you call foo() from inside MyStaticClass

Edit - The easiest way to remember the difference between a static class and a non-static class is to think of something like the Math class in java. You can call Math.abs(x); to get the absolute value of x, and it does not really make sense to instantiate a Math object, which is why Math is a static class.