# HG changeset patch
# User Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
# Date 1703412906 -3600
# Node ID 291b4ea552ebdccab891e02f0ff4727f3e20697f
# Parent  62d771d915fe2927211cb974716d2fd2c55cbba2
runtime(doc): Clarify that new() is not static

Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4e28631f9127a79fad564c0e870ce4988922b5e2
Author: Ernie Rael <errael@raelity.com>
Date:   Sun Dec 24 11:03:31 2023 +0100

    runtime(doc): Clarify that new() is not static

    closes: https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/13756

    Signed-off-by: Ernie Rael <errael@raelity.com>
    Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>

diff --git a/runtime/doc/vim9class.txt b/runtime/doc/vim9class.txt
--- a/runtime/doc/vim9class.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/vim9class.txt
@@ -343,8 +343,8 @@ underscore as the first character in the
     endclass
 <
 							*E1370*
-Note that constructors cannot be declared as "static", because they always
-are.
+Note that constructors cannot be declared as "static". They are called like a
+static but execute as an object method; they have access to "this".
 
 To access the class methods and class variables of a super class in an
 extended class, the class name prefix should be used just as from anywhere