The use of a pass statement where it’s not required by the syntax is pure cruft and should be removed.
Noncompliant Code Example
def __init__(self, log="", who="", date=0, files=[]):
self.log = log
self.files = files
self.who = who
self.date = date
pass # Noncompliant
def lookup():
pass # Compliant; method can't be empty
Compliant Solution
def __init__(self, log="", who="", date=0, files=[]):
self.log = log
self.files = files
self.who = who
self.date = date
def lookup():
pass
