[Tutor] classmethod, staticmethod functions (decorator related)

[Huy Ton That]

Hm, thanks guys; I just had to verify I was thinking sanely about it. I am
going to pick up classmethods next. Do any of you have common design
patterns for the usage. They are just items I haven't integrated in my
coding, and I want to be certain I'm off on the right foot (:


On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com>wrote:

> "Steven D'Aprano" <steve at pearwood.info> wrote
>
>
>  A little more information... static methods are quite common[1] in Java
>> and C++, where people feel the need (or in the case of Java, are forced
>> by the language) to make every function a method.
>>
>
> static methods in C++ are normally reserved for use as class
> methods (although with the "pollution" from Java that is slowly
> changing). Java OTOH has made them much more common but
> as substitutes for functions as well as true class methods - yeck!
>
> They are also found in a slightly different guise in Delphi.
>
> Python classmethods are more powerful and useful than either.
>
> Alan G.
>
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