https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f61de0de649d31a96bacb7625d6a7b98d23b14bb commit: f61de0de649d31a96bacb7625d6a7b98d23b14bb branch: 3.12 author: Miss Islington (bot) <[email protected]> committer: serhiy-storchaka <[email protected]> date: 2024-05-02T14:02:26Z summary:
[3.12] gh-117903: Clarify that the staticmethod descriptor is callable (GH-117925) (GH-118509) (cherry picked from commit b3372481b6cae5766330b041c4622c28cee2119f) Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <[email protected]> files: M Doc/library/functions.rst diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index fdc960c01d54b2..7edcd5d5ac21bc 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -1723,8 +1723,9 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. :ref:`function` for details. A static method can be called either on the class (such as ``C.f()``) or on - an instance (such as ``C().f()``). Moreover, they can be called as regular - functions (such as ``f()``). + an instance (such as ``C().f()``). + Moreover, the static method :term:`descriptor` is also callable, so it can + be used in the class definition (such as ``f()``). Static methods in Python are similar to those found in Java or C++. Also, see :func:`classmethod` for a variant that is useful for creating alternate class _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-checkins.python.org/ Member address: [email protected]
