"C Gillespie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi, > > Does anyone know of any examples on how (& where) to use staticmethods and > classmethods?
A python class method is closer to a Java static method than a python static method. Class methods can be useful if you want to be able to change objects in the class, or if you want to be able to use inheritance, neither of which python static methods allow you to do cleanly. Another, and rather esoteric use, is to use the class as its own instance. I find that static methods are useful when I want to import a class from a module, and don't want to import the module itself or a lot of bits and pieces from the module. The class gives a place to park the method, and also lets you use inheritance, neither of which putting it into the module does. John Roth > > Thanks > > Colin > > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
