The definitive guide on how to use static, class or abstract methods in Python

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TL;DR

Difference between static and class method for class

Article Link

https://julien.danjou.info/guide-python-static-class-abstract-methods/

Key Takeaways

• @staticmethod and @classmethod are useful when we don't want to instantiate the class
• @staticmethod does not use attributes or methods of the class
• @staticmethod function is nothing more than a function defined inside a class. It is callable without instantiating the class first. Its definition is immutable via inheritance.
• @staticmethods should not rely on attributes which require initialization of the object itself
• @classmethod uses attributes or methods of the class but does not need the class to be instantiated.
• @classmethod is especially useful when you move your function to other class, you don't have to rename the class reference
• Even though @staticmethod can access to other members of the class, you need to repeat the class (i.e, Person.method1()) while @classmethod does call the method with cls.method1()