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Shouldn't we optimize the usability for pure-Python first, and then for C API?

Right now we have the '\_\_new\_\_' magic method, which isn't a
@classmethod. Making '\_\_class\_getitem\_\_' a @classmethod will confuse
regular Python users. For example:

class Foo:
def \_\_new\_\_(cls, ...): pass

@classmethod
def \_\_class\_getitem\_\_(cls, item): pass

To me it makes sense that type methods that are supposed to be called
on type by the Python interpreter don't need the classmethod
decorator.

METH\_STATIC is a public working API, and in my opinion it's totally
fine if we use it. It's not even hard to use it, it's just \*mildly\*
inconvenient at most.