[Python-Dev] syntactic sugar idea for {static,class}methods

[M.-A. Lemburg]

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Michael Hudson wrote:
> 
> Some time ago, Gareth McCaughan suggested a syntax for staticmethods.
> You'd write
> 
> class C(object):
>     def static(arg) [staticmethod]:
>         return 1 + arg
> 
> C.static(2)
>    => 3
> 

Certainly looks nice.

I'd just use a shorter name for [staticmethod], e.g. [static].

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