@staticmethod or def function()?

[Rob Gaddi]

On 10/31/18 8:53 AM, Tobiah wrote:
> My IDE (pycharm) suggests that I mark my class methods
> with @staticmethod when they don't use 'self'.  Sounds
> good.  I did that then it suggested I had the option
> to make a regular function instead, at the file level.
> That's a possibility.  I was thinking that I'd leave
> the method in the class unless it was ever also used
> by another class.  What do you think?
> 
> 
> 

It should be a staticmethod if the code is, while not linked to any 
instance in particular, still fundamentally inherent to the class itself 
and of little use outside the context of that class.  It should be a 
stand-alone function if it provides stand-alone functionality.  The 
decision is also almost certainly not worth the amount of thought you're 
giving it.

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