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Delphi class methods are similar to C++ static methods, but there are two differences:

1.	Delphi class methods can be virtual, C++ static methods cannot.Therefore Delphi2Cpp II has to use a tricky construction to reproduce this ability of Delphi.

2.	In the defining declaration of a class method, the identifier Self represents the class where the method is called. In C++ however inside of a static function there is no counterpart to Delphi's Self (this isn't defined her).

Therefore the two cases have to be distinguished at the translation of Delphi class methods to C++ and Delphi's Self-instance requires additional treatment:

non virtual class methods

virtual class methods

Self instance

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