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Defining static methods in Python Archive dymanic method - in other words, one which runs on an object that's a member of the class. If you want to define a method that applies to the class as a whole, you're looking for a static or class method - and in Python you can set one of those up by using the same syntax as as dynaic method, and then calling a modifier function (staticmethod or classmethod ). Or you can use a decorator of the same name.def geticecream():@staticmethod[here] .
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If you define a method within a class, it defaults to being a dymanic method - in other words, one which runs on an object that's a member of the class. If you want to define a method that applies to the class as a whole, you're looking for a static or class method - and in Python you can set one of those up by using the same syntax as as dynaic method, and then calling a modifier function (staticmethod or classmethod). Or you can use a decorator of the same name.