Design: method in class or general function?

[Rick Johnson]

On Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 7:16:25 AM UTC-5, Steve D'Aprano wrote:
> Python 2.6 is ancient, 

Enough with your hyperbole! Python 2.6 is no where near
being ancient. Python 2.6 is a stable version that gets the
job done for many folks in this community. Folks who
actually spend their time getting things done, instead of
polishing GvR's knob and spending every waking hour in the
echo chamber of Python-dev and Python-ideas.

> and is missing many nice features. 

Says you. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And what is
practical for you will not always be practical for everyone
else.

> You should consider using the latest version, 3.6.

The OP should consider using whatever version of Python that
suits the OP.