Class Methods Vs Any Other Callable

[George Sakkis]

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