[docs] [issue30026] Hashable doesn't check for __eq__

Raymond Hettinger report at bugs.python.org
Sun Apr 9 14:40:47 EDT 2017


Raymond Hettinger added the comment:

> # Can't instantiate abstract class X with abstract methods

Sorry, this is how ABCs are supposed to work.  They use @abstractmethod to specify requirements that a subclass if required to implement.  The ABC metaclass then enforces that requirement, preventing instantiation unless those requirements are met.  If not met, they give a reasonably clear error message, "TypeError: Can't instantiate abstract class A with abstract methods __hash__".

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assignee: docs at python -> rhettinger
nosy: +rhettinger
resolution:  -> not a bug
stage:  -> resolved
status: open -> closed

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