[Python-Dev] Class Methods

[Thomas Heller]

> > Is someone willing to join me fighting
> > for class methods (I mean 'real' class-methods
> > in the Smalltalk style here, _not_ static
> > methods like in Java or C++).
> 
> I will fight class methods to the death. :-)
Ouch :-)

> 
> Seriously, I think you'll find an ally in Jim Fulton,
So there _is_ some hope.

>  who basically
> told me (since he's sort of my boss :-) to get on with this work.

This must be the reason that ExtensionClass provides them:
You can implement them in C, and override them in python
subclasses.

Thomas