@staticmethod

You can add the @staticmethod decorator on a struct method to declare a static method.

For example:

from pathlib import Path   struct MyStruct:     var data: List[UInt8]      fn __init__(out self):         self.data = List[UInt8]()      fn __moveinit__(out self, deinit existing: Self):         self.data = existing.data ^      @staticmethod     fn load_from_file(file_path: Path) raises -> Self:         var new_struct = MyStruct()         new_struct.data = file_path.read_bytes()         return new_struct ^

Unlike an instance method, a static method doesn't take an implicit self argument. It's not attached to a specific instance of a struct, so it can't access instance data.

For more information see the documentation on static methods.