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I want to have some factory methods. A parameter of a shared method with the name of a instance property masks this property if it creates an instance. In the sample code an instance created by #createWrong has a public field #name insted of a property. :Class Text ∇ p←createOk name_ :Access Public S ...

When i call a public shared method from outside, ⎕THIS is a reference to the class.
If I call this shared method from an instance method of the same class, ⎕THIS is a reference to the instance.

As a workaround I use in my static method (↑⊃⊃⎕CLASS ⎕THIS) instead simply ⎕THIS.