What is the difference between @staticmethod and @classmethod in Python?
Maybe a bit of example code will help: Notice the difference in the call signatures of foo, class_foo and static_foo: class A(object): def foo(self, x): print(f”executing foo({self}, {x})”) @classmethod def class_foo(cls, x): print(f”executing class_foo({cls}, {x})”) @staticmethod def static_foo(x): print(f”executing static_foo({x})”) a = A() Below is the usual way an object instance calls a method. The … Read more