staticmethod makes my brain hurt

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:30:57 -0500, Roy Smith wrote:

> When I run this (python 2.6.1):
> 
> class C:
>     @staticmethod
>     def foo():
>         pass
>     print "inside", foo, callable(foo)
> 
> print "outside", C.foo, callable(C.foo)
> 
> I get:
> 
> inside <staticmethod object at 0x421df0> False 
> outside <function foo at 0x41e6f0> True
> 
> I don't understand.  Why is foo not callable inside of the class
> definition?


This has come up before.

http://bytes.com/topic/python/answers/34396-static-method-object-not-callable

http://bytes.com/topic/python/answers/462734-make-staticmethod-objects-callable


However, the fix is not as simple as merely making staticmethod objects 
callable. This was discussed at the 2011 language summit:

http://www.boredomandlaziness.org/2011/03/python-language-summit-rough-notes.html

See also this thread:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2011-March/109090.html



-- 
Steven