[Python-Dev] why different between staticmethod and classmethod on non-callable object? (original) (raw)

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Wed Sep 2 02:50:37 CEST 2009


Greg Ewing wrote:

Benjamin Peterson wrote:

It depends on whether you're keeping the "callable" object around or not. Somebody could add a call method later. Good point. Removing the check sounds like the right thing to do, then.

Both classmethod & staticmethod are documented as having a function (callable, as I interprete that) as their single argument. Seems reasonable to me. Turning the argument into a function after the fact seems like a really esoteric use case.



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