[Tutor] Class vs. Static Methods

[Chuck Allison]

This is a neat trick. But can't this also be done with a static method 
that accesses a static data attribute the same way?

Alan G wrote:

>>class Shape(object):
>>  _count = 0    
>>  
>>  @classmethod
>>  def count(cls):
>>    try:
>>      cls._count += 1
>>    except AttributeError:
>>      cls._count = 1
>>    
>>
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>Ah, clever. This is where I thought I'd need an if/elif 
>chain, adding a new clause for each subclass. i never thought of 
>using a try/except to add an attribute to subclasses based on cls.
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>I like it.
>
>Thanks again Kent.
>
>Alan G.
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