"None" and "pass"

[Chris Angelico]

On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 8:39 AM, Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> As one special case, I would accept this sort of code:
>>
>> def f():
>>     ...
>>
>> (three dots representing the special value Ellipsis)
>>
>> It's a great short-hand for "stub".
>
> I would not accept that.
>
> An even better way to write a stub function is to write a docstring:
>
>     def frobnicate():
>         """ Frobnicate the spangule. """
>
> A docstring, like any bare expression, is also a valid statement.
> Writing a docstring can be done immediately, because if you're writing a
> stub function you at least know the external interface of that function.
>

This is true, but I'd rather have something _under_ the docstring if
possible, and "..." works well for that. A docstring with nothing
underneath doesn't look like a stub - it looks like a failed edit or
something. Having a placeholder shows that it's intentional.

ChrisA