"Huy Ton That" <[email protected]> wrote
class WhatFor(object):
def it(cls):
print 'work with %s' % cls
it = classmethod(it)
def uncommon():
print 'I could be a global function'
uncommon = staticmethod(uncommon)
But I can't seem to understand the above. Under what circumstance
would
staticmethod be useful? I am just deriving that you are not passing
self.
I think static methjods are largely a mistake of history. ISTR They
were
introduced into python before class methods (not by much - one
release?)
and to support backward compatibility they stayed. In practice
classmethod
will be a better choice.
IMHO at least :-)
--
Alan Gauld
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
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