[Python-Dev] Returning None from methods that mutate object state

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Sat, 17 May 2014 15:14:00 +1000
Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> During a conversation today, I realised that the convention of
> returning None from methods that change an object's state isn't
> captured the Programming Recommendations section of PEP 8.

This is more an API design guideline than a programming recommandation,
IMO. If we start putting those in PEP 8, it will end up bloating the
PEP.
(perhaps we need another PEP?)

Regards

Antoine.