> MH> class C(object):
> MH> def static(arg) [staticmethod]:
> MH> return 1 + arg
>> BAW> Why the square brackets though?
>> I believe Guido addressed this in his DevDay presentation. The list
> construct is to allow future extensions without requiring parser changes.
It was only one of the many grammar options I proposed, semi-jokingly.
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)