[Python-Dev] METH_CLASS (original) (raw)

Thomas Heller thomas.heller@ion-tof.com
Thu, 25 Apr 2002 16:14:01 +0200

> The devel-docs tell me about METHCLASS: > > The method will be passed the type object as the first parameter > rather than an instance of the type. This is used to create class > methods, similar to what is created when using the classmethod() > built-in function. New in version 2.3. > > 1. This seems wrong. The first parameter the function receives > is NULL, the type object goes together with the remaining arguments > in the second parameter (which is a tuple). > > Is the documentation wrong, or is the code wrong (I didn't find > any use of METHCLASS in the CVS sources)?

I'll leave this for Fred to answer, since he implemented this.

If there is still a choice, I would prefer that the docs are correct, and the code should be fixed. This would allow to use, for example, METH_O in the usual way: a function which receives one parameter (in addition to the type object passed implicitely).

Thomas