[Python-projects] Abstract intermediate class not recognized as such

[Sylvain Thénault]

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:23:19PM -0500, skip at pobox.com wrote:
> Given this class hierarchy:
> 
>     class A(object):
>         def methA(self):
>             raise NotImplementedError("implement methA in subclass")
> 
>     class B(A):
>         def methB(self):
>             raise NotImplementedError("implement methB in subclass")
> 
>     class C(B):
>         def methA(self):
>             print "methA"
> 
>         def methB(self):
>             print "methB"
> 
> pylint (v 0.14.0, astng 0.17.2, common 0.28.2) complains that B doesn't
> provide a definition of methA even though it is itself both a base class for
> other classes and defines an unimplemented methB class (both making it a
> candidate abstract class).  Seems that pylint should recognize on one count
> or both that B doesn't need to provide a definition for methA.

http://www.logilab.org/ticket/5975
 
> Also, note that the PyPI entry for pylint is still 0.14.0 even though your
> latest public release is 0.15.0.

We'll fix that and make public announce for this release.

Thanks for the report, regards,
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