The function/method has been left empty here, without any comment or docstring. This can cause confusion later on why this was left empty.

If it is intentionally left blank, a nested comment should explain the reason why it is being done.
If this is not yet, or never will be, supported, an exception should be thrown rather than leaving it blank.

Not preferred:

def myfunc1(foo="Noncompliant"):
    pass

class MyClass:
    def mymethod1(self, foo="Noncompliant"):
        pass

Preferred:

def myfunc1():
    pass  # comment explaining why this function is empty

def myfunc2():
    raise NotImplementedError()

def myfunc3():
    '''
    Docstring explaining why this function is empty.
    '''

class MyClass:
    def mymethod1(self):
        pass  # comment explaining why this function is empty

    def mymethod2(self):
        raise NotImplementedError()

    def mymethod3(self):
        '''
        Docstring explaining why this method is empty. Note that this is not recommended for classes
        which are meant to be subclassed.
        '''

xqt / pwb

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