Re: Class methods, instance variables, never the two shall mix?

[Ralf Stephan]

Gary: 
> Why would the class method not know self?

By definition, class methods are also callable when no instance
of a class (object) exists.

> Wouldn't "self" be the class in question?

This would be confusing, as then self is of a different type
/wrt self in member methods.  Also, the class in question is
well known when writing the code.


ralf
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