On 05/30/10 05:49, Alex Hall wrote: > Hi all, > In Battleship, I have a weapons.py file, currently with just one > missile type (a Harpoon anti-ship missile). This Harpoon class defines > a getImpactCoords method, which returns all coordinates on the map > that it will hit. I would like to not instantiate a Harpoon object, > just call the Harpoon's getImpactCoords method and pass it the > required arguments. Is this possible? Thanks. Sorry if I got the terms > backwards in the subject; I can never remember which is static and > which is non-static. >
Yes you can make it a static method or class method: class Harpoon(object): @staticmethod def inst(a, b, c): print a, b, c @classmethod def cmeth(cls, a, b, c): print cls print a, b, c Harpoon.inst(1, 2, 3) Harpoon.cmeth(1, 2, 3) the question is, why would you want to? getImpactCoords() doesn't seem to be a function that makes sense without a missile instance (I may be mistaken). _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor