The Honest Pass Statement

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The image is a cropped documentation screenshot with the heading "4.5. pass Statements" and a single sentence underneath: "The pass statement does nothing." The word "pass" is styled like inline code in a monospace font, while the rest of the text appears in a clean documentation layout. The humor comes from the blunt literalness of Python's no-op statement being documented with a no-frills sentence that itself feels like a joke. For developers, it is a compact reminder that sometimes the most accurate specification is also the funniest one.

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick Python looked at TODO-driven development and gave it a first-class syntax node.

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

Python looked at TODO-driven development and gave it a first-class syntax node.
@kitbot256 4y

def func(): # TODO func() This is not gonna work. "pass" saves the day.
1. @nuntikov 4y
  
  None would work too
  
  @kitbot256 4y
  
  Yes. In this exact case even return is fine. But pass is more obvious when you look at it later.
@nuntikov 4y

Or return
@nuntikov 4y

Or literally any literal
1. Deleted Account 4y
  
  literal?
2. Deleted Account 4y
  
  def foo(): "sausage"
@nuntikov 4y

Heh
@nuntikov 4y

"literally any literal"
@borkick 4y

Ellipsis works fine as well def foo(): …
1. @Four_Velocity 4y
  
  ++ I think ellipsis is better for empty funcs pass is better for if.else/match.case/try.except statements
@ZgGPuo8dZef58K6hxxGVj3Z2 4y

Ich passe. (I am passing?)