Difference between type method and type instance method, etc?

Question

Note: I\'ve read the apple documentation and studied a swift book.

1. I\'m confused on the difference between a \"type instance method\" (if such exists, corre

Answer 1

whyceewhite - thank you so much! You have clarified something that I could just not grasp! For those of you who come to this page and are operating on Swift 3+, please see the code below if you want to put the code into practice and see static in operation.

class Circle {

static let PI = 3.14

var radius: Double

init(radius: Double) {
    self.radius = radius
}

// Returns the area of this circle
func area() -> Double {
    return Double.pi * radius
}

// Ridiculous class method for demonstration purposes
static func printTypeName() {
    print("Circle")
}
}

Then start trying Circle.printTypeName or the examples shown above! Great stuff!