Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!diablo1.news.osn.de!news.osn.de!diablo2.news.osn.de!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail
Return-Path: <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be>
X-Original-To: python-list@python.org
Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org
X-Spam-Status: UNSURE 0.287
X-Spam-Level: **
X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.64; '*S*': 0.22; 'programmer': 0.03; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'attribute': 0.07; 'callable': 0.16; 'callable.': 0.16; 'saying': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'him.': 0.24; "shouldn't": 0.24; 'script': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.27; "doesn't": 0.30; 'directly,': 0.31; 'object.': 0.31; 'actual': 0.34; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'matter': 0.61; 'details': 0.65; 'legal': 0.71; 'delegated': 0.84; 'otten': 0.84; 'pardon': 0.84; 'received:195.238': 0.84; 'received:195.238.6': 0.84; 'received:195.238.6.173': 0.84; 'received:belgacom.be': 0.84; 'received:isp.belgacom.be': 0.84; 'received:mailrelay007.isp.belgacom.be': 0.84
X-Belgacom-Dynamic: yes
X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true
X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApMBAIDCkFJbs/Xy/2dsb2JhbAANTL0tgwOBL4MZAQEBAwF4EQshFg8JAwIBAgFFEwgCh3cLrWGKEYdQF48OFoQdA5gUlTs
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 16:00:29 +0100
From: Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be>
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:17.0) Gecko/20131005 Icedove/17.0.9
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: python-list@python.org
Subject: Re: Behavior of staticmethod in Python 3
References: <l6povp$ndp$1@speranza.aioe.org> <l6pqs8$8b4$1@ger.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <l6pqs8$8b4$1@ger.gmane.org>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 22:28:03 +0100
X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15
Precedence: list
List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language <python-list.python.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/>
List-Post: <mailto:python-list@python.org>
List-Help: <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=subscribe>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
Message-ID: <mailman.3099.1385242084.18130.python-list@python.org>
Lines: 20
NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6
X-Trace: 1385242085 news.xs4all.nl 15874 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:43495
X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl
Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:60320

Op 23-11-13 10:01, Peter Otten schreef:

> 
> Your script is saying that a staticmethod instance is not a callable object. 
> It need not be because
> 
> Foo.foo()
> 
> doesn't call the Foo.foo attribute directly, it calls
> 
> Foo.foo.__get__(None, Foo)()

I think you are burdening the programmer with implemantation details
that don't matter to him.

IMO if Foo.foo() is legal then Foo.foo is callable. That the actual call
is delegated to Foo.foo.__get__(None, Foo) shouldn't matter.

-- 
Antoon Pardon