rspec/rules/S935/python/rule.adoc

59 lines
1.3 KiB
Plaintext

== Why is this an issue?
Python does not check returned types by default, however some methods are expected to return a specific type otherwise builtin functions will fail.
This rule raises an issue when a builtin function or method:
* does not return a value of the expected type.
* returns a value when no value should be returned.
* returns no value when a return value is expected.
In such way that the resulting code would result in a runtime error.
=== Noncompliant code example
[source,python]
----
class MyInt:
def __init__(self):
return self # Noncompliant. __init__ should return nothing. This will raise a TypeError.
def __int__(self):
return 3.0 # Noncompliant. __int__ should always return an integer
int(MyInt()) # This will fail with "TypeError: __int__ returned non-int (type float)"
----
=== Compliant solution
[source,python]
----
class MyInt:
def __int__(self):
return 3
int(MyInt())
----
== Resources
* https://docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html#special-method-names[Python documentation - Special method names]
ifdef::env-github,rspecator-view[]
'''
== Implementation Specification
(visible only on this page)
include::message.adoc[]
include::highlighting.adoc[]
'''
== Comments And Links
(visible only on this page)
include::../comments-and-links.adoc[]
endif::env-github,rspecator-view[]