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<!DOCTYPE qhelp PUBLIC
"-//Semmle//qhelp//EN"
"qhelp.dtd">
<qhelp>
<overview>
<p> The first parameter of a class method (including certain special methods such as <code>__new__</code>), or a method of a metaclass,
should be named <code>cls</code>.
</p>
</overview>
<recommendation>
<p>Ensure that the first parameter of class methods is named <code>cls</code>, as recommended by the style guidelines
in PEP 8.</p>
</recommendation>
<example>
<p>In the following example, the first parameter of the class method <code>make</code> is named <code>self</code> instead of <code>cls</code>.
</p>
<sample src="NonCls.py" />
</example>
<references>
<li>Python PEP 8: <a href="http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#function-and-method-arguments">Function and method arguments</a>.</li>
<li>Python Tutorial: <a href="http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/classes.html">Classes</a>.</li>
<li>Python Docs: <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#classmethod">classmethod</a>.</li>
</references>
</qhelp>