Translating some Java to Python

[Diez B. Roggisch]

> 
> Hmm,
> 
> As an experienced developer I'm rather new to Python, so please forgive me
> any non-Pythonic babbling.
> From a language point you're probably right, but from a design point I'd
> like to have methods that are clearly associated with a class as methods
> of that class, even if they don't use any class or instance related data.

Why so? If they _don't_ use that class, whatfor? I use classmethods for
factory-methods. But that at least needs the _class_ as argument somehow,
and grouping it namespace-wise below the class makes sense.

Otherwise, all they do is allowing for java-programming in python - and that
simply because java lacks module level functions.

Diez