What is the difference between Python between a class call and a method call?

Question

Being probably one of the worst OOP programmers on the planet, I read a lot of code examples to help get what the class can be used for. I recently found this example:

class NextClass:                            # define class
    def printer(self, text):                # define method
        self.message = text                 # change instance
        print self.message                  # access instance

x = NextClass()                             # make instance

x.printer('instance call')              # call its method

print x.message                               # instance changed

NextClass.printer(x, 'class call')      # direct class call

print x.message                               # instance changed again

There is no difference between what a direct class call does and an instance call; but he goes against Zen to include features that are not used by them. So, if there is a difference, what is it? Performance? Overhead reduction? Maybe readability?

Answer 1

There is no difference. instance.method(...) class.method(instance, ...). But this does not contradict Zen, as it says (my attention):

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Answer 2

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NextClass.printer(x, 'class call')  # you supplied x as a parameter this time

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