Hello Chinook, So is the main motivation for class methods so that you can have the class object available? It seems you can have that anyway in a static method by just asking. I'm sure there's a good reason for this, but I haven't yet gotten to the point of mastery where I can see a need for class methods (even after reading Martelli's Nutshell). I understand the syntax issues - I just don't see the need yet.
Tuesday, June 21, 2005, 3:28:48 PM, you wrote: C> On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 16:52:09 -0400, Chuck Allison wrote C> (in article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>): >> Sorry for the elementary question: I was wondering if someone could >> explain the difference to me between class and static methods. Coming >> from other languages, I'm used to static methods, but not "class >> methods". Thanks. >> >> C> Does this help (from the QR)? C> Static methods : Use staticmethod(f) to make method f(x) static (unbound). C> Class methods: like a static but takes the Class as 1st argument => Use f = C> classmethod(f) to make method f(theClass, x) a class method. C> The decorators @staticmethod and @classmethod replace more elegantly the C> equivalent declarations f = staticmethod(f) and f = classmethod(f). C> Lee C C> _______________________________________________ C> Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org C> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -- Best regards, Chuck _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
