Why cant True Inner Class have static member variable

[Jigar Gosar]

question is simple why?

Why cant True Inner Class have static member variable?

i hope answer is as simple.

thanks, plz feel free to reply with ur own opinion. ;-)

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Jigar,
If the inner class doesn't have a name, how would you refer to the static variable?

[Jim Yingst]

Ah, the question was about inner classes, not necessarily anonymous classes. Nearly the same question was recently discussed here. I suggest that followup discussion should go there as well.