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__init__ method that returns a value

Reports occurrences of return statements with a return value inside __init__ methods of classes.

Example:

class Sum: def __init__(self, a, b): self.a = a self.b = b self.sum = a + b return self.sum

A constructor should not return any value. The __init__ method should only initialize the values of instance members for news objects.

As a quick-fix, the IDE offers to remove the return statement.

Inspection Details

Available in:

DataSpell 2023.3, PyCharm 2023.3

Plugin:

Python Community Edition, 233.SNAPSHOT

Last modified: 13 July 2023