Useless inheritance from
object PYL-R0205
Anti-pattern
Major
4 months ago
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4 months old
Class 'DataProvenance' inherits from object, can be safely removed from bases in python3
1import hashlib
2from blockchain import Blockchain
3
4class DataProvenance(object): 5 def __init__(self, blockchain):
6 self.blockchain = blockchain
7Class 'Blockchain' inherits from object, can be safely removed from bases in python3
17 previous_hash = db.Column(db.String(100))
18 hash = db.Column(db.String(100))
19
20class Blockchain(object):21 def __init__(self):
22 self.chain = []
23 self.create_block(proof=1, previous_hash="0")
Description
The class is inheriting from object, which is implicit under Python 3 , hence can be safely removed from bases.
Not preferred:
class Foo(object):
"""Foo bar baz"""
Preferred:
class Foo:
"""Foo bar baz"""