Class method v. module

class_v_module.py

import module
from classmethod import Thing

Thing.do_the_thing()

module.do_the_thing()

classmethod.py

class Thing(object):
    attr = "hello"

    @classmethod
    def do_the_thing(klass):
        print "doing the thing", klass.attr

module.py

attr = "here"

def do_the_thing():
    print "doing the thing with", attr