why static methods?

[Christian Tanzer]

Uwe Schmitt <uwe.schmitt at procoders.net> wrote:

> That is a good explanation. Can you explain the differences
> between static- and class-functions, too ?

I'm not a bot but here goes: a static function doesn't get a class as
first argument, a class function does. Therefore a class function can
use attributes of a derived class to do its job (just like a normal
method).

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