From: Serhiy Storchaka Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 13:56:33 +0000 (+0300) Subject: gh-117903: Clarify that the staticmethod descriptor is callable (GH-117925) X-Git-Tag: v3.13.0b1~158 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b3372481b6cae5766330b041c4622c28cee2119f;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git gh-117903: Clarify that the staticmethod descriptor is callable (GH-117925) --- diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index e598ef423de4..be3a64cf41b4 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -1733,8 +1733,9 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. :ref:`function` for details. A static method can be called either on the class (such as ``C.f()``) or on - an instance (such as ``C().f()``). Moreover, they can be called as regular - functions (such as ``f()``). + an instance (such as ``C().f()``). + Moreover, the static method :term:`descriptor` is also callable, so it can + be used in the class definition (such as ``f()``). Static methods in Python are similar to those found in Java or C++. Also, see :func:`classmethod` for a variant that is useful for creating alternate class