On 5/30/10, Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@btinternet.com> wrote: > "Alex Hall" <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote > >> that it will hit. I would like to not instantiate a Harpoon object, >> just call the Harpoon's getImpactCoords method and pass it the >> required arguments. Is this possible? > > Others have pointed out that > a) This is possible using staticmetjhod or classmetjod decorators and > b) it seems a strange choice since you would expect the ability to > use more than one harpoon and hence be better with an instance... > > I will add that if you really want a class method then maybe > you can do without the class completely and just use a function? Yes, that is what I ended up doing for testing, but it works well and I do not think I will be making missile classes, just put each missile type in its own file in a weapons subfolder, then import "from weapons import *" to import all weapon files. > > The usual reason for class methods is to operate on the > class as a whole - ie all instances - it is not to provide > functionality > without any instances (except in languages without functions, > like Java, which really use static methods as a kluge to cover > their limitations!) > > And functioons are much easiert to write and manage than > instanceless classes! > > HTH, > > -- > Alan Gauld > Author of the Learn to Program web site > http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >
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