static class methods in Python?

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <slrn8arn3d.9md.neelk at brick.cswv.com>,
Neel Krishnaswami <neelk at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
>This is probably a stupid question, but what /is/ a class method?
>I've never programmed in C++ (or Java), so an explanation would be
>appreciated.

Class methods are used to access and modify class variables.  For
example:

class foo:
	bar = None
	def __init__(self):
		pass
	classdef isdone():
		if foo.bar is not None:
			return "!!!"
	classdef clear():
		foo.bar = None

Clearer?
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