Kent Would you show the examples which show where staticmethod & classmethod are used?
I've often wondered about the usefulness of these myself. Having read many of the popular books on python, none provide a good clear explanation of why or where these should be used, and what the alternatives are (if any). They typically show an extremely terse example of the syntax with little explanation. Message: 7 Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:26:26 -0400 From: Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Tutor] what is @classmethod and @staticmethod ?? To: maser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: tutor@python.org Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed maser wrote: > Thanks, Andreas. Why do we need to use classmethod/ > staticmethod and where do we need to use them ? I use staticmethods as a convenience to put related functions in the namespace of a class. Perhaps foo.py contains class Foo with staticmethod bar(). In client code I can say from foo import Foo Foo.bar() If bar was a module method it would be from foo import Foo, bar bar() I prefer the former in cases where bar is related to Foo. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
