Referencing Static Methods From Class Variable

I know it's wired to have such a case but somehow I have it: class foo #static method @staticmethod def test(): pass # class variable c = {'name' :

Solution 1:

classFoo:
    # static method    @staticmethoddeftest():
        pass# class variable
    c = {'name' : test }

Solution 2:

The problem is static methods in python are descriptor objects. So in the following code:

classFoo:
    # static method    @staticmethoddeftest():
        pass# class variable
    c = {'name' : test }

Foo.c['name'] is the descriptor object, thus is not callable. You would have to type Foo.c['name'].__get__(None, Foo)() to correctly call test() here. If you're unfamiliar with descriptors in python, have a look at the glossary, and there's plenty of docs on the web. Also, have a look at this thread, which seems to be close to your use-case.

To keep things simple, you could probably create that c class attribute just outside of the class definition:

classFoo(object):
  @staticmethoddeftest():
    pass

Foo.c = {'name': Foo.test}

or, if you feel like it, dive in the documentation of __metaclass__.

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