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First parameter of a class method is not named ‘cls’

ID: py/not-named-cls
Kind: problem
Security severity: 
Severity: recommendation
Precision: high
Tags:
   - maintainability
   - readability
   - convention
Query suites:
   - python-security-and-quality.qls

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The first parameter of a class method, a new method or any metaclass method should be called cls. This makes the purpose of the parameter clear to other developers.

Recommendation

Change the name of the first parameter to cls as recommended by the style guidelines in PEP 8.

Example

In the example, the first parameter to make() is klass which should be changed to cls for ease of comprehension.

class Entry(object):
    @classmethod
    def make(klass):
        return Entry()

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