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with_annotated and with_argparse decorators do not work with staticmethod #1683
Description
Problem
with_annotated and with_argparser decorators do not work with the builtin staticmethod decorator.
How to reproduce
class Failed(Cmd):
@with_annotated
@staticmethod
def do_a(...) -> None:
...
@with_argparser
@staticmethod
def do_b(...) -> None:
...Expected behavior
Both decorated methods can be declared without a self argument by using the staticmethod decorator for at least one order of decorators.
Actual behavior
Calling booth methods fail with different errors.
Activity
[-]`with_annotated` and `with_argparse` decorators do not work with `staticmethode`[/-][+]`with_annotated` and `with_argparse` decorators do not work with `staticmethod`[/+]KelvinChung2000 commentedon Jun 10, 2026
Using a static method is kind of a strange one, since in
cmd2orcmdin general, it assumes you are working on a class that is your application. Are you trying to do a stateless command? What is the use case of such an implementation?neoniobium commentedon Jun 10, 2026
Exactly — the idea was to use the static method to indicate that the command should be treated as "stateless."
I don’t think a feature like that is necessary, so I’m fine with closing this.
tleonhardt commentedon Jun 10, 2026
I'm going to close this since
cmd2makes the implicit assumption that these decorators will be used withdo_*command methods within acmd2.Cmdorcmd2.CommandSetclass.