Joel Gerard <llywelyn.geo@[...].com>  writes:

>  Ok.  I've got things mostly sorted out.  You can't overload static and non-static member
>  functions, which is fine, but how do you use a static (not overloaded) function in Python?
 I need
>  to keep the static function in the class scope. The reason is name collision, i.e.
> 
>  class A
>  {
>     static void foo();
>  }
> 
>  class B 
>  {
>     static void foo();
>  }

Do your static functions take the same sets of arguments?  If not,
name collision is OK because overloading will select the right one.

>  I have:
>  class Vector
>  {
>  public:
>      static  void        Orthonormalize          (Vector& kU, Vector& kV, Vector& kW);
>  }
> 
>  Wrapped as:
> 
> 
>  void (*Orthonormalize2)(Vector&, Vector&, Vector&)      = &Vector::Orthonormalize;
>  .def("Orthonormalize",Orthonormalize2)
>              .staticmethod("Orthonormalize")
> 
>  In python, do you just use it as an unbound method?  Is the self argument non-existent in 
this
>  case, or do I do something different?

See http://users.rcn.com/python/download/Descriptor.htm

>  Currently I have:
>  Vector.Orthonormalize (Vector1, Vector2, Vector3)
> 
>  Also, is there a good place to look for python examples. I didn't see a python example in 
the
>  docs

Please post a doc bug in the Python bug database.
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=5470


-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com


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