[Python-Dev] Should we do away with unbound methods in Py3k?
Greg Ewing
greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Fri Nov 23 07:57:07 CET 2007
Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> If you are configuring it per-class and
> accessing it per-instance, and reusing an existing function, you have to
> make it a staticmethod.
I don't understand that. Can you provide an example?
> > some subclasser later finds that he wants access to
> > 'self'?
>
> Then he overrides it with a normal method.
If that works, I don't see why making the default
method a normal method wouldn't work also.
--
Greg
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