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Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:31:44 -0500
Subject: Re: how to tell a method is classmethod or static method or instance method
From: Nathan Rice <nathan.alexander.rice@gmail.com>
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> And I'll take this opportunity to plug my dualmethod descriptor:
>
> http://code.activestate.com/recipes/577030-dualmethod-descriptor/

I use an analogous pattern in SQL Alchemy all the time (it's called
hybridmethod/hybridproperty there).

+1 to dualmethod, that pattern is great when you want a method or
property that does something concrete when passed an instance, or
something abstract relating to all instances when passed a class.


Nathan