[static methods, class methods] > Both of these are rarely used; I don't think I have ever written a > class method in live code. I have used staticmethods as a convenient > way to put a function into a class namespace.
this is someone out of the flow of the current thread now, but i forgot to mention in my previous post that, like kent, i too, have not used either of these much in practice on the past 11yrs of full-time Python development. class methods: the only time i've ever done a class method is when subclassing an immutable type, i.e., __new__() is a cls method, but that was for the book. i've never done one in practice. static methods: may have done 1 or 2 since they came out in 2.2, but in reality, if general code, they stay as global functions. if i really "want a function defined in a class definition, i may make one. but in practice, i often find that the functions that are most suitable as static methods end up being just *inner* functions defined inside a (regular) method. just my $0.02, -- wesley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Core Python Programming", Prentice Hall, (c)2007,2001 http://corepython.com wesley.j.chun :: wescpy-at-gmail.com python training and technical consulting cyberweb.consulting : silicon valley, ca http://cyberwebconsulting.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
