Can a method be used as either a staticmethod or instance method?

Question

I\'d like to be able to do this:

class A(object):
    @staticandinstancemethod
    def B(self=None, x, y):
        print self is None and \"static\" or \"ins         


        

Answer 1

The answer to your question is no, you can't do that.

What I would do, since Python also supports regular functions, is define a function outside that class, then call that function from a normal method. The caller can decide what which one is needed.