pass object or use self.object?

[Xavier Ho]

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 1:19 AM, Jean-Michel Pichavant <
jeanmichel at sequans.com> wrote:

> Usually, when using classes as namespace, functions are declared as static
> (or as classmethod if required).
> e.g.
>
>
> class Foo:
>   @classmethod
>   def process(cls, document):
>       print 'process of'
>       cls.foo(document)
>
>   @staticmethod
>   def foo(document):
>       print document
>
> In [5]: Foo.process('my document')
> process of
> my document
>
>
> There is no more question about self, 'cause there is no more self. You
> don't need to create any instance of Foo neither.



JM, I beg to differ. If many functions are static inside a class, I would
simply put those methods right under a module instead.

My 2c,
Xav
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