[Python-Dev] Re: Guido's Magic Code was: inline sort option
Guido van Rossum
guido at python.org
Thu Oct 30 13:00:59 EST 2003
> If there were a 'classonlymethod()' built-in, I'd probably use it, as I use
> classmethods a fair bit (mostly for specialized constructors), but I don't
> recall ever desiring to call one via an instance. Do you have an example
> of the use cases you see?
Not exactly, but I notice that e.g. UserList uses self.__class__ a
lot; I think that's the kind of area where it might show up.
> Hm. What if your PickyClassmethod were a built-in called 'constructor' or
> 'factorymethod'? Probably too confining a name, if there are other uses
> for class-only methods, I suppose.
I'm not convinced that we have a problem (beyond Alex lying awake at
night, that it :-).
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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