@staticmethod or def function()?
Peter Otten
__peter__ at web.de
Wed Oct 31 12:55:47 EDT 2018
Tobiah wrote:
> My IDE (pycharm) suggests that I mark my class methods
> with @staticmethod when they don't use 'self'. Sounds
> good. I did that then it suggested I had the option
> to make a regular function instead, at the file level.
> That's a possibility. I was thinking that I'd leave
> the method in the class unless it was ever also used
> by another class. What do you think?
What do *you* think? Is your code demonstrably better if you turn the
"normal" method into a static method?
Do not make changes to your code only to apeace a linter.
Regarding more the general question, should I use an instance method, a
class method, a static method, or a function? -- that is hard to answer
without an idea what the specific task of the function/method is, and how
strong the link to the class is.
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