Question: B027 empty method in an abstract base class
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Description
Short question on the reason behind newly added B027: If we have an ABC
from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
class MyABC(ABC):
def method(self):
"""
Some method that does nothing by default. Derived classes can choose to override it.
"""
pass
@abstractmethod
def method2(self):
"""
Another method. Derived classes MUST define it.
"""
B027 will raise on the first method for not being declared abstract.
Is there a way of allowing it to be empty despite the class being abstract? (Besides noqa and besides overriding them with an empty method in derived classes.) I would argue that there is reason to have empty methods provided by the ABC (interface) where the default implementation is to do nothing, but that derived classes can choose to override (e.g. if they need to perform some initialization / tear down of servers in my case), as opposed to methods that must be overridden.
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Start by reading the B027 rule and its documentation to understand how empty methods in abstract base classes are currently handled. Determine whether the requested behavior needs a configurable rule change or only an explanation, and define done as documented, tested behavior for methods with intentional no-op defaults.
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- Tech stack
- python
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- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
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- 4/5
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- 3-5 days
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- Stale
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- Needs clarification
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- 25/100