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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:37:57 -0700
Subject: Re: staticmethod makes my brain hurt
To: Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Try this (untested):
>
> class C:
> =A0 @staticmethod
> =A0 def foo():
> =A0 =A0 =A0 pass
>
> =A0 print "inside", C.foo, callable(C.foo)

If you had tested this, you would have found that you get a NameError,
since C is not yet bound inside the class block where you define it.