Call Python non-member function referenced by class variable [duplicate]

Question

In my class I'd like to call a non-member function whose reference is stored in a member variable. My issue is that it tries to pass self to the function as the first argument. How can I avoid this?

class MyClass:
    my_useful_static_function = crcmod.mkCrcFun(0x11021, True)

    def __init__(self):
        # this gets called with the first argument as self :(
        result = self.my_useful_static_function()

Answer 1

Use staticmethod:

class MyClass:
    my_useful_static_function = staticmethod(crcmod.mkCrcFun(0x11021, True))

    def __init__(self):
        result = self.my_useful_static_function()