From f61de0de649d31a96bacb7625d6a7b98d23b14bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Miss Islington (bot)" <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 16:02:26 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] [3.12] gh-117903: Clarify that the staticmethod descriptor is callable (GH-117925) (GH-118509) (cherry picked from commit b3372481b6cae5766330b041c4622c28cee2119f) Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka --- Doc/library/functions.rst | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index fdc960c01d5..7edcd5d5ac2 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -1723,8 +1723,9 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. :ref:`function` for details. A static method can be called either on the class (such as ``C.f()``) or on - an instance (such as ``C().f()``). Moreover, they can be called as regular - functions (such as ``f()``). + an instance (such as ``C().f()``). + Moreover, the static method :term:`descriptor` is also callable, so it can + be used in the class definition (such as ``f()``). Static methods in Python are similar to those found in Java or C++. Also, see :func:`classmethod` for a variant that is useful for creating alternate class