Aug. 3, 2004
3:24 p.m.
I think this is a great point. It makes me wonder if:
@staticmethod def foo(): ...
if sufficiently better than:
def foo(): ... foo = staticmethod(foo)
to justify the language change. FWIW, It isn't to me.
Sigh. This discussion is going around in pointless circles; we're *months* past that point. You're wasting your time (and mine). --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)