Classic OOP in Python

[Todd]

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Fabien <fabien.maussion at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 06/17/2015 11:16 PM, sohcahtoa82 at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> You don't need interfaces with Python.  Duck typing makes that all
>> possible.
>>
>
> Yes, but I also like interfaces (or in python: mimicked interfaces with
> NotImplementedError) for their clarity and documentation purposes.
>
> Would you consider the following kind of program "unpythonic"?
>
> class MovingObject(object):
>     """Great doc about what a moving object is"""
>
>     def move(self):
>         """Great doc about move"""
>         raise NotImplementedError()
>
> class Dog(MovingObject):
>     def move(self):
>         print "Dog is moving"
>
> class Car(MovingObject):
>     def move(self):
>         print "Car is moving"
>
> (Disclaimer: I learned OOP with Java)
>
>
I think this is what abstract base classes are for in Python.
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