<s>[INST] Static class variables in Python Is it possible to have static class variables or methods in python? What syntax is required to do this?
 [/INST] Variables declared inside the class definition, but not inside a method are class or static variables:
>>> class MyClass:
...     i = 3
...
>>> MyClass.i
3 

As @millerdev points out, this creates a class-level "i" variable, but this is distinct from any instance-level "i" variable, so you could have
>>> m = MyClass()
>>> m.i = 4
>>> MyClass.i, m.i
>>> (3, 4)

This is different from C++ and Java, but not so different from C#, where a static member can't be accessed using a reference to an instance.
See what the Python tutorial has to say on the subject of classes and class objects.
@Steve Johnson has already answered regarding static methods, also documented under "Built-in Functions" in the Python Library Reference.
class C:
    @staticmethod
    def f(arg1, arg2, ...): ...

@beidy recommends classmethods over staticmethod, as the method then receives the class type as the first argument, but I'm still a little fuzzy on the advantages of this approach over staticmethod. If you are too, then it probably doesn't matter.
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