[Tutor] How can I access a variable outside a class definition?

[asgard]

On Sat, 29 Sep 2001, Kirby Urner wrote:
> Classes have access to variables defined outside of them, e.g.
> 
>   >>> c = 10  # defined outside (e.g. returned by yr Complex.Add())
> 
>   >>> class C:
>           def func(a,b):
>              return a+b+c
>           func =staticmethod(func)
> 
> 
>   >>> C.func(1,2)
>   13
> 
> 
> is legal in 2.2 (the staticmethod syntax allows C to not
> have a self -- a new breed of soulless classes is afoot).

This also seems missing from the 2.2a3 documentation (built-in function?).
I am also missing a description of iterators and generators and other
new features.

Thank you,
Jan Samohyl