Can I define "static" (like in C++) methods in Python?

[Erik Max Francis]

sdieselil wrote:

> Can I define methods which are attributes of class and not attributes
> of
> instance?

>>> class C:
...  X = 1 # X is a class attribute
...  def __init__(self, y):
...   self.y = y # y is an instance attribute
... 
>>> C.X
1
>>> c = C(10)
>>> c.X
1
>>> c.y
10
>>> C.X = 2
>>> c.X
2
>>> c.y 
10

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