[Tutor] what do you use @staticmethod for?

spir denis.spir at free.fr
Wed Nov 19 23:07:06 CET 2008


Good night,

I have not yet found any use for this feature.

Also, I do not really understand the difference with @classmethod, from the 
programmer's points of view (even if I get the difference on the python side).
As I see it, a classmethod is a very ordinary method, except its 'owner' is a 
type. [But we cannnot express its definition with standard syntax, because it 
conflicts with instance method definition syntax.]

I would be pleased to read your views about staticmethods, and the use cases 
you have for them -- that could not be done (the same way) with classmethods.

Thank you,
Denis




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