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An associated function for a trait was defined to be a method (i.e., to take a
`self` parameter), but an implementation of the trait declared the same function
to be static.

Erroneous code example:

```compile_fail,E0186
trait Foo {
    fn foo(&self);
}

struct Bar;

impl Foo for Bar {
    // error, method `foo` has a `&self` declaration in the trait, but not in
    // the impl
    fn foo() {}
}
```

When a type implements a trait's associated function, it has to use the same
signature. So in this case, since `Foo::foo` takes `self` as argument and
does not return anything, its implementation on `Bar` should be the same:

```
trait Foo {
    fn foo(&self);
}

struct Bar;

impl Foo for Bar {
    fn foo(&self) {} // ok!
}
```