On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 08:32:20 -0700, Steven Bethard wrote: > (For anyone else out there reading who doesn't already know this, Steven > D'Aprano's comments are easily explained by noting that the __get__ > method of staticmethod objects returns functions, and classes always > call the __get__ methods of descriptors when those descriptors are class > attributes:
... A usage of the word "easily" that I am unfamiliar with. *wink* Why all the indirection to implement something which is, conceptually, the same as an ordinary function? -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list