What is class method?

[MeTheGameMakingGuy]

On Aug 24, 6:32 pm, Hussein B <hubaghd... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm familiar with static method concept, but what is the class method?
> how it does differ from static method? when to use it?
> --
> class M:
>  def method(cls, x):
>     pass
>
>  method = classmethod(method)
> --
> Thank you for your time.

Firstly, don't use method = classmethod(method). Decorators are far
better. The following code has the same effect:

class M:
 @classmethod
 def method(cls, x):
  pass

Far more readable, right?

Class methods are useful if you've got lots of inheritance happening.
The first argument passed in is the class calling the method. Handy
for a mix-in: it can add methods affecting the actual class it's mixed
into, rather than messing with the mix-in itself.