What is proper way to require a method to be overridden?

Robert Kern robert.kern at gmail.com
Thu Jan 4 22:46:12 EST 2007


jeremito wrote:
> I am writing a class that is intended to be subclassed.  What is the
> proper way to indicate that a sub class must override a method?

raise NotImplementedError

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
 that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
 an underlying truth."
  -- Umberto Eco




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