Cannot set attributes on staticmethod

[alex]

BPO	14051
Nosy	@gvanrossum, @benjaminp, @alex, @durban

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closed_at = <Date 2012-02-19.06:14:40.082>
created_at = <Date 2012-02-18.17:45:28.824>
labels = ['interpreter-core', 'type-feature']
title = 'Cannot set attributes on staticmethod'
updated_at = <Date 2012-02-19.16:42:45.992>
user = 'https://github.com/alex'

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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
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type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue14051'
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[alex]

This is inconsistant with regular functions, which unfortunately prevents them from being used interchangeably.

[python-dev]

New changeset f46deae68e34 by Benjamin Peterson in branch 'default':
allow arbitrary attributes on classmethod and staticmethod (closes bpo-14051)
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/f46deae68e34

[gvanrossum]

Wouldn't it make more sense to somehow share the dict with the underlying function?

[benjaminp]

You can wrap anything with staticmethod, so it might not have a __dict__.