Static member variables

[Johannes Zellner]

On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Jerome Quelin wrote:

> "Thomas Svensson" <thomas_s at ebox.tninet.se> wrote:
> >Is there a way of declaring static (and constant) member variables in
> >classes? I have a member variable that should be unique for each class
> >type and thus should not waste memory for each instance of the class I
> >create. Something like the __doc__ string I guess.
> 
> And is it possible to have a static method (ie, a class method in C++ jargon) ?
> 
> >>> class t:
> ..  def t():
> ..   print "t.t"
> >>> t.t()
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> TypeError: unbound method must be called with class instance 1st argument

try this:

class t:
    def t(self):
        print "t.t"
t.t()

the `self' is always supplied for memeber functions as the first
argument. `self' is something like `this' in C++. It's the instance
itself (calling it `self' is just convention).


-- 
   Johannes