NotImplimentedError

[Ben Finney]

George Sakkis <george.sakkis at gmail.com> writes:

> By the way, why do we need both NotImplementedError and the
> NotImplemented singleton object ? Couldn't we have just one of them ?

One of them is an exception class, the other is not. They have rather
different semantics.

I think of NotImplemented as equivalent to None; it's useful as a
sentinel value to set an attribute to in (e.g.) an abstract class.

For a function that is (or has a flow branch which is) not (yet?)
implemented, I don't want to return at all. Instead, I want to raise
an instance of NotImplementedError.

I think it's desirable to keep them both distinct as is.

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Ben Finney