Module functions
Static methods might be better off placed in a module as simple functions.
examples/oop/module_function/mydate.py
def is_valid_date(year, month, day): if 0 <= year <= 3000 and 1 <= month <= 12 and 1 <= day <= 31: return True else: return False class Date(object): def __init__(self, Year, Month, Day): if not is_valid_date(Year, Month, Day): raise Exception('Invalid date') self.year = Year self.month = Month self.day = Day def __str__(self): return 'Date({}, {}, {})'.format(self.year, self.month, self.day)
examples/oop/module_function/run.py
import mydate a = mydate.Date(2013, 10, 20) print(a) print(mydate.is_valid_date(2013, 10, 40)) b = mydate.Date(2013, 13, 20)
Date(2013, 10, 20) False Traceback (most recent call last): File "run.py", line 8, in <module> b = mydate.Date(2013, 13, 20) File "module_function/mydate.py", line 10, in __init__ raise Exception('Invalid date') Exception: Invalid date