Class Methods Vs Any Other Callable

[Arnaud Delobelle]

George Sakkis <george.sakkis at gmail.com> writes:

> On May 14, 10:19 am, "Diez B. Roggisch" <de... at nospam.web.de> wrote:
>
>> > An instance method works on the instance
>> > A Static method is basically a function nested within a class object
>> > A class method is overkill?
>>
>> If anything, a static method is overkill. See it this way: *if* you for some
>> reason put a method into an enclosing context - isn't it worth having a
>> reference to that?
>
> My feeling exactly; these days I almost always use class methods
> instead of static. I vaguely remember seeing somewhere an example
> where a static method was the only (elegant) solution; neither a class
> method nor a plain function would do. I'll post it if I find it unless
> someone beats me to it.
>
> George

__new__ is a static method!

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Arnaud