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A StaticMethod is a method in a package that can be called without reference to an object of the package type. For example,

---+ package Telecoms
---++ StaticMethod defaultColour()

<verbatim>

my $colour = Telecoms::defaultColour()

</verbatim>

*Related Topics:* ClassMethod, ObjectMethod
