"""PASS statement @see: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html The pass statement does nothing. It can be used when a statement is required syntactically but the program requires no action. """ def test_pass_in_function(): """PASS statement in function "Pass" can be used as a place-holder for a function or conditional body when you are working on new code, allowing you to keep thinking at a more abstract level. The pass statement below is silently ignored but it makes current test_pass() function valid. """ pass def test_pass_in_loop(): """PASS in loops. "Pass" can be used when a statement is required syntactically but the program requires no action. For example: """ # pylint: disable=unused-variable for number in range(100): # It just don't do anything but for loop is still valid. pass # Example above is quite useless but it was given just for illustration of the idea. # The more useful example might be: # # while True: # pass # Busy-wait for keyboard interrupt (Ctrl+C) # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods class MyEmptyClass: """PASS statement in class "Pass" is commonly used for creating minimal classes like current one. """ pass