instance_member_access_from_static

Instance members can't be accessed from a static method.

The analyzer produces this diagnostic when a static method contains an unqualified reference to an instance member.

The following code produces this diagnostic because the instance field x is being referenced in a static method:

class C {
  int x = 0;

  static int m() {
    return x;
  }
}

If the method must reference the instance member, then it can't be static, so remove the keyword:

class C {
  int x = 0;

  int m() {
    return x;
  }
}

If the method can't be made an instance method, then add a parameter so that an instance of the class can be passed in:

class C {
  int x = 0;

  static int m(C c) {
    return c.x;
  }
}

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