Is there a static constructor or static initializer in Python?

Question

Is there such a thing as a static constructor in Python?

How do I implement a static constructor in Python?

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Answer 1

I create a static_init decorator which calls a static_init class method if it exists.

Here is the decorator and example of how to use it to initialize a class variable on an enum class:

# pylint: disable=missing-docstring,no-member

import enum

def static_init(cls):
    if getattr(cls, "static_init", None):
        cls.static_init()
    return cls

@static_init
class SomeEnum(enum.Enum):
    VAL_A = enum.auto()
    VAL_B = enum.auto()
    VAL_C = enum.auto()
    VAL_D = enum.auto()

    @classmethod
    def static_init(cls):
        text_dict = {}
        setattr(cls, 'text_dict', text_dict)
        for value in cls:
            text_dict[value.name.lower().replace("_", " ").title()] = value

def test_static_init():
    assert SomeEnum.text_dict["Val A"] == SomeEnum.VAL_A
    assert SomeEnum.text_dict["Val B"] == SomeEnum.VAL_B
    assert SomeEnum.text_dict["Val C"] == SomeEnum.VAL_C
    assert SomeEnum.text_dict["Val D"] == SomeEnum.VAL_D