[Python-Dev] method decorators (PEP 318) (original) (raw)

Dave Harrison dave at nullcube.com
Sun Mar 28 22:16:52 EST 2004

If we were designing Python 3.0 here, I would probably suggest the following syntax for classmethods:

def foo(class cls, x, y): ... and wouldn't bother with staticmethods at all. How often do you actually need a staticmethod in particular and not a classmethod?

It's quite useful to be able to develop, essentially stateless, static method utility libraries that dont need to be class based. Why create an object if you simply don't need one ?

If this was an option, there would have to be a way to use it without the class element, or at least with there being a keyword to use which allowed the class element to be ignored.

-- Dave Harrison Nullcube dave at nullcube.com http://www.nullcube.com

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