[Python-ideas] one line class definitions

[Chris Rebert]

On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 1:57 PM, nbv4 <nbvfour at gmail.com> wrote:
> Instead of
>
> class CustomException(Exception):
>     pass
>
> how about just
>
> class CustomException(Exception)
>
> (no colon, no 'pass')
> I'm sure this has been suggested before, but I couldn't find any...

"Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules." -- PEP 20

Just use a docstring-only body; you should be documenting what the
exception means anyways:

class CustomException(Exception):
    """This exception means that a custom error happened."""
# other module-level code…

Cheers,
Chris