By contract, every Python function returns something, even if it is the None value, which can be returned implicitly by omitting the
return statement, or explicitly.
The __init__ method is required to return None. A TypeError will be raised if the __init__
method either yields or returns any expression other than None. While explicitly returning an expression that evaluates to
None will not raise an error, it is considered bad practice.
To fix this issue, make sure that the __init__ method does not contain any return statement.
Code examples
Noncompliant code example
class MyClass(object):
def __init__(self):
self.message = 'Hello'
return self # Noncompliant: a TypeError will be raised
Compliant solution
class MyClass(object):
def __init__(self):
self.message = 'Hello'
