From 4a95f0824ac27b36ba1ce59af1506f0286a16b35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eduardo Almeida <enmsa@outlook.pt>
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2022 01:37:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Update coding-style.rst with clang-tidy
 readability-static-accessed-through-instance check

---
 doc/contributing/source/coding-style.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/contributing/source/coding-style.rst b/doc/contributing/source/coding-style.rst
index 5e89bbf05..9663b6bdc 100644
--- a/doc/contributing/source/coding-style.rst
+++ b/doc/contributing/source/coding-style.rst
@@ -1318,5 +1318,17 @@ of rules that should be observed while developing code.
 
 - Avoid declaring trivial destructors, to optimize performance.
 
+- Avoid accessing class static functions and members through objects.
+  Instead, prefer to access them through the class.
+
+  .. sourcecode:: cpp
+
+    // OK
+    MyClass::StaticFunction();
+
+    // Avoid
+    MyClass myClass;
+    MyClass.StaticFunction();
+
 - Prefer to use ``static_assert()`` over ``NS_ASSERT()`` when conditions can be
   evaluated at compile-time.