What’s an example use case for a Python classmethod?

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Helper methods for initialization:

class MyStream(object):

    @classmethod
    def from_file(cls, filepath, ignore_comments=False):    
        with open(filepath, 'r') as fileobj:
            for obj in cls(fileobj, ignore_comments):
                yield obj

    @classmethod
    def from_socket(cls, socket, ignore_comments=False):
        raise NotImplemented # Placeholder until implemented

    def __init__(self, iterable, ignore_comments=False):
       ...

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