Consider decorating method with
@staticmethod PYL-R0201
Performance
Major
5 months ago
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a year old
Method doesn't use the class instance and could be converted into a static method
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22class Linter(BaseLinter): # type: ignore
23 def allow(self, path: str) -> bool:24 """Determine if this path should be linted."""
25 return path.endswith(".py")
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Description
The method doesn't use its bound instance. Decorate this method with @staticmethod decorator, so that Python does not have to instantiate a bound method for every instance of this class thereby saving memory and computation. Read more about staticmethods here.