This is exactly what 'this' is in C++, it's a pointer to the class/struct instance and the compiler inserts it as the first parameter behind the scenes. There's

This is exactly what 'this' is in C++, it's a pointer to the class/struct instance and the compiler inserts it as the first parameter behind the scenes. There's no difference between a class method and a class static function that takes a pointer to a class insance as its first parameter.