What is a class method?

[Paulo da Silva]

Em 23-08-2010 06:16, Ian Kelly escreveu:
> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Paulo da Silva
> <psdasilva.nospam at netcabonospam.pt> wrote:
>> Em 23-08-2010 04:30, James Mills escreveu:
>>> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Paulo da Silva
>>> <psdasilva.nospam at netcabonospam.pt> wrote:
>>>> I understand the concept of a static method.
>>>> However I don't know what is a class method.
>>>> Would anybody pls. explain me?
>>>
>>> Please read this first:
>>> http://docs.python.org/library/functions.html#classmethod
>>>
>>> Then ask us questions :)
>>
>> I did it before posting ...
>> The "explanation" is not very clear. It is more like "how to use it".
> 
> Consider this:
> 
> class A(object):
>     @staticmethod
>     def new():
>         return A()
> 
> class B(A):
>     pass
> 
> versus this:
> 
> class C(object):
>     @classmethod
>     def new(cls):
>         return cls()
> 
> class D(C):
>     pass
> 
> B.new() will return a new instance of A, not B.  D.new() will return a
> new instance of D.
> 
> Does this answer your question?
Yes. Thank you very much.