Difference between staticmethod and classmethod

Question

What is the difference between a function decorated with @staticmethod and one decorated with @classmethod?

Answer 1

Static Methods:

• Simple functions with no self argument.
• Work on class attributes; not on instance attributes.
• Can be called through both class and instance.
• The built-in function staticmethod()is used to create them.

Benefits of Static Methods:

• It localizes the function name in the classscope
• It moves the function code closer to where it is used

• More convenient to import versus module-level functions since each method does not have to be specially imported

  @staticmethod
  def some_static_method(*args, **kwds):
      pass
  

Class Methods:

• Functions that have first argument as classname.
• Can be called through both class and instance.

• These are created with classmethod in-built function.

   @classmethod
   def some_class_method(cls, *args, **kwds):
       pass