The same method for class and instance

Question

I have class Books and method select in it. Also there is an instance of that class called book. I want to be able to do both Bo

Answer 1

You could use a descriptor:

class Select(object):
    def __get__(self,obj,objtype):
        x=objtype if obj is None else obj
        def select(where):
            print(x,where)
        return select
class Books(object):
    select=Select()

book = Books()
Books.select(where='asdf')
book.select(where='asdf')

yields

 asdf
<__main__.Books object at 0xb7696dec> asdf