Python, __init__ and self confusion

Question

Alright, so I was taking a look at some source when I came across this:

>>> def __parse(self, filename):
...         \"parse ID3v1.0 tags from MP3 f         


        

Answer 1

As an aside, it is possible to create static methods of a class in Python. The simplest way to do this is via decorators (e.g. @staticmethod). I suspect this kind of thing is usually not the Pythonic solution though.