Static methods PREMIUM

Series: Classes
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Trey Hunner
4 min. read • 3 min. video • Python 3.8—3.12 •

What are static methods and why should you usually avoid using them?

Static methods in Python

Here we have a Hasher class uses a checksum to validate whether a given file has been corrupted:

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