difference between class methods and instance methods

[Terry Reedy]

"John M. Gabriele" <john_sips_teaz at yahooz.com> wrote in message 
news:pan.2005.02.17.07.04.37.907754 at yahooz.com...
> And if anyone's *really* daring:
> Where do the so-called "static methods" fit into all this?
> By the name of them, it sounds like the same thing as class
> methods...

No, not at all.  So called 'static methods' are class function attibutes 
that are marked to *not* be given neither the method wrapping treatment nor 
the first-arg binding treatment when accessed, but to be left as they are. 
To me, this means that they are not methods but just functions.

>>> class C:
...   def f(): pass
...   def g(): pass
...   g = staticmethod(g)
...
>>> C.f
<unbound method C.f>
>>> C.g
<function g at 0x00888978>

Terry J. Reedy