False Error N805

[Henry Mai]

N805 error says that 'first argument of a method should be named 'self'', which is True.

However, in my case, I am defining a class method which has its first argument being cls in lieu of self, and the error of N805 is still raised, which is not True.

According to Function and Method Arguments, 'Always use cls for the first argument to class methods.'

Edit: my case is actually an abstract class method, I believe that is why the error is raised since it does not recognise abstract methods.

[Jon Parise]

pep8-naming attempts to determine whether or not a method is an instance or class method based on the presence of a decorator (like @classmethod) or some other reliable criteria (such as if the method is named __new__ or __init_subclass__ or within a metaclass).

You can "teach" pep8-naming about any custom class method decorators using --classmethod-decorators.

If none of those cover your use case, then you can just suppress the lint error in this instance using # noqa: N805.