Non-Functional Statement
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**Definition:**

* When there is an empty scope within a test method. In Python, this occurs with the use of the pass keyword within a scope



**References:**

.. admonition:: Quality attributes

    * :octicon:`file-code;1em` -  Code Example
    * :octicon:`comment-discussion;1em` -  Cause and Effect
    * :octicon:`graph;1em` -  Frequency
    * :octicon:`sync;1em` -  Refactoring

* `Handling Test Smells in Python: Results from a Mixed-Method Study <https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3474624.3477066>`_ :octicon:`comment-discussion;1em` :octicon:`sync;1em`
* `TEMPY: Test Smell Detector for Python <https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3555228.3555280>`_ :octicon:`graph;1em`