How to share function between static methods #python

Question

There are two static methods in my class:

class my_class():
    def main(self, input):
        pass

    @staticmethod
    def static_1():
        #repeated_code
        pass

    @staticmethod
    def static_2():
        #repeated_code
        pass

As they share some #repeated_code, I want to reduce the repetition in them by writing a function def repeat()for the #repeated_code.

Since they are inside static methods, I couldn't call a class method via self.repeat().

It doesn't seems reasonable to write the function outside the class, because the function repeat is only used inside the class.

How should I achieve the propose of avoiding repeating myself?

Answer 1

I'm not sure this is the right way to go - static methods are meant to be small convenience functions, and if you have to share code, they aren't small.

But, if you want to, you can call a static method by referencing the class by name, like this:

class test():
    @staticmethod
    def repeat():
        # shared code
        pass

    @staticmethod
    def static_1():
        test.repeat()

    @staticmethod
    def static_2():
        test.repeat()