Use of classes or functions discussion

[micseydel]

There are only two answers there, and neither supports using a class where a function will do.

A few recommendations to others using this thread for example code:

Don't overcomplicate code.
Different languages do things in ways that make sense for them, don't force all languages to use the some patterns.
A copy-pastable version of the spirit of this code is

def has_internet():
   return '127.0.0.1' != socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())