[Python-Dev] OT: Performance vs. Clarity vs. Convention

[Aahz]

On Wed, Jun 05, 2002, Patrick K. O'Brien wrote:
>
> class Element:
> 
>     def __str__(self):
>         pass

Dunno about other people's opinions, but I have a strong distaste for
creating methods whose body contains pass.  I always use "raise
NotImplementedError".
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