On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 12:17 AM, Christopher Spears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> tcm.foo > <bound method classobj.foo of <class __main__.TestClassMethod at 0xb7da0f2c>> >>>> > > According to the author, the result for typing in 'tcm.foo' is > > calling class method foo() > foo() is part of class: TestClassMethod
Try tcm.foo() tcm.foo without parentheses is the classmethod itself. You need parentheses to actually call it. > Did I do something wrong or is this an error on the book's part? > Intuitively, the answer I received makes more sense to me. I am still unsure > of the difference of static and class methods. Can someone enlighten me? A class method receives the class it was called on as the first argument. This can be useful with subclasses. A staticmethod doesn't get a a class or instance argument. It is just a way to put a plain function into the scope of a class. Both of these are rarely used; I don't think I have ever written a class method in live code. I have used staticmethods as a convenient way to put a function into a class namespace. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
