要决定是使用@staticmethod还是@classmethod，必须查看方法内部。如果您的方法访问类中的其他变量/方法，请使用@classmethod。另一方面，如果您的方法不涉及类的任何其他部分，则使用@staticmethod。

class Apple:

    _counter = 0

    @staticmethod
    def about_apple():
        print('Apple is good for you.')

        # note you can still access other member of the class
        # but you have to use the class instance 
        # which is not very nice, because you have repeat yourself
        # 
        # For example:
        # @staticmethod
        #    print('Number of apples have been juiced: %s' % Apple._counter)
        #
        # @classmethod
        #    print('Number of apples have been juiced: %s' % cls._counter)
        #
        #    @classmethod is especially useful when you move your function to another class,
        #       you don't have to rename the referenced class 

    @classmethod
    def make_apple_juice(cls, number_of_apples):
        print('Making juice:')
        for i in range(number_of_apples):
            cls._juice_this(i)

    @classmethod
    def _juice_this(cls, apple):
        print('Juicing apple %d...' % apple)
        cls._counter += 1

基本上，@classmethod生成的方法的第一个参数是从中调用的类（而不是类实例），@staticmethod没有任何隐式参数。

这是一篇关于这个问题的短文

@staticmethod函数只不过是在类中定义的函数。它可以在不首先实例化类的情况下调用。它的定义通过继承是不可变的。@classmethod函数也可以在不实例化类的情况下调用，但它的定义通过继承遵循子类，而不是父类。这是因为@classmethod函数的第一个参数必须始终是cls（class）。

让我先告诉一下用@classmethod修饰的方法和@staticmethod修饰的方法之间的相似性。

相似性：它们都可以在类本身上调用，而不仅仅是类的实例。所以，在某种意义上，这两种方法都是Class的方法。

区别：类方法将接收类本身作为第一个参数，而静态方法不接收。

因此，在某种意义上，静态方法并不绑定到类本身，只是因为它可能具有相关功能而挂在那里。

>>> class Klaus:
        @classmethod
        def classmthd(*args):
            return args

        @staticmethod
        def staticmthd(*args):
            return args

# 1. Call classmethod without any arg
>>> Klaus.classmthd()  
(__main__.Klaus,)  # the class gets passed as the first argument

# 2. Call classmethod with 1 arg
>>> Klaus.classmthd('chumma')
(__main__.Klaus, 'chumma')

# 3. Call staticmethod without any arg
>>> Klaus.staticmthd()  
()

# 4. Call staticmethod with 1 arg
>>> Klaus.staticmthd('chumma')
('chumma',)

从其文档中定义静态方法和类方法。以及何时使用静态方法和何时使用类方法。

静态方法类似于java和C#中的静态方法，它不会使用类的任何初始化值，只需要从外部进行操作即可。类方法：通常用于继承重写，当我们重写一个方法时，然后使用CLS实例来判断是否要调用子类或父类的方法。以防您希望同时使用同名和不同签名的方法。

静态方法（函数）->方法

Convert a function to be a static method.

A static method does not receive an implicit first argument.
To declare a static method, use this idiom:

     class C:
         @staticmethod
         def f(arg1, arg2, ...):
             ...

It can be called either on the class (e.g. C.f()) or on an instance
(e.g. C().f()).  The instance is ignored except for its class.

Static methods in Python are similar to those found in Java or C++.
For a more advanced concept, see the classmethod builtin.
"""

classmethod（函数）->方法

Convert a function to be a class method.

A class method receives the class as implicit first argument,
just like an instance method receives the instance.
To declare a class method, use this idiom:

  class C:
      @classmethod
      def f(cls, arg1, arg2, ...):
          ...

It can be called either on the class (e.g. C.f()) or on an instance
(e.g. C().f()).  The instance is ignored except for its class.
If a class method is called for a derived class, the derived class
object is passed as the implied first argument.

Class methods are different than C++ or Java static methods.
If you want those, see the staticmethod builtin.

我认为提供一个纯Python版本的staticmethod和classmethod将有助于在语言级别上理解它们之间的区别（请参阅Descriptor Howto Guide）。

这两个都是非数据描述符（如果您首先熟悉描述符，那么更容易理解它们）。

class StaticMethod(object):
    "Emulate PyStaticMethod_Type() in Objects/funcobject.c"

    def __init__(self, f):
        self.f = f

    def __get__(self, obj, objtype=None):
        return self.f


class ClassMethod(object):
    "Emulate PyClassMethod_Type() in Objects/funcobject.c"
    def __init__(self, f):
        self.f = f

    def __get__(self, obj, cls=None):
        def inner(*args, **kwargs):
            if cls is None:
                cls = type(obj)
            return self.f(cls, *args, **kwargs)
        return inner