PCPP1 Advanced Object Oriented Programming Practice Question
What is the result of applying the @staticmethod decorator to a method inside a class that also defines a metaclass?
Answer choices
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Correct answer & explanation
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The method is correctly bound as a static function regardless of the metaclass.
The @staticmethod decorator creates a static method object which is stored in the class dictionary; it is independent of the metaclass's __init__ logic for instance methods.
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The metaclass must manually convert it back to a static method.
Why it's wrong here
Python handles this automatically.
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It raises a TypeError at class definition time.
Why it's wrong here
Static methods are fully supported in classes using metaclasses.
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The method is correctly bound as a static function regardless of the metaclass.
Why this is correct
The descriptor logic for @staticmethod operates independently of the class-level metaclass definition.
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The metaclass will treat the method as an instance method.
Why it's wrong here
Static methods are static regardless of the metaclass.
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