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# No return in an __init__ function

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## Metadata{% #metadata %}

**ID:** `python-best-practices/init-no-return-value`

**Language:** Python

**Severity:** Info

**Category:** Error Prone

## Description{% #description %}

The `__init__` method (and the `__new__` method) should never return a non-`None` value.

#### Learn More{% #learn-more %}

- [`__init__` function on the Python datamodel documentation](https://docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html#object.__init__)

## Non-Compliant Code Examples{% #non-compliant-code-examples %}

```python
class Foo:
	def __init__(self):
		#  __init__ should not return a value
		return 3

	def my_method():
		return 10
```

## Compliant Code Examples{% #compliant-code-examples %}

```python
class Foo:
	def __init__(self):
		pass
```
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