"Class docstring should have 1 blank line around them" error when class has no implementation

[dpursehouse]

Running pep257.py on the following module:

""" Test """


class MyException(Exception):

    """ My exception class. """

I get this error:

test.py:6:4: PEP257 Class docstring should have 1 blank line around them

The error is not shown if the code is changed to:

""" Test """


class MyException(Exception):

    """ Description of the error. """

    pass

Is this the expected behaviour? AFAIK the initial version is valid python code. It passes pep8 and pylint.

[keleshev]

This is definitely an edge-case bug. There might be some other bugs for cases where class/function has empty body. I will look into that.

[bboe]

Any status update on this issue?

Edit: Took a look at the source and decided the fix was fairly simple. See PR #23

[bboe]

This issue can probably be closed now.

[keleshev]

Good point