no-self-use / R6301#

Message emitted:

Method could be a function

Description:

Used when a method doesn't use its bound instance, and so could be written as a function.

Correct code:

"""If a function is not using any class attribute it can be a @staticmethod, or a function outside the class."""

def developer_greeting():
    print("Greetings developer!")


class Person:
    name = "Paris"

    def greeting_1(self):
        print(f"Hello from {self.name} !")

    @staticmethod
    def greeting_2():
        print("Hi!")

Problematic code:

class Person:

    def developer_greeting(self):  # [no-self-use]
        print("Greetings developer!")

    def greeting_1(self):  # [no-self-use]
        print("Hello!")

    def greeting_2(self):  # [no-self-use]
        print("Hi!")

Note

This message is emitted by the optional 'no_self_use' checker which requires the pylint.extensions.no_self_use plugin to be loaded.

Created by the no_self_use checker.