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blank-lines-between-header-and-content (D412)

Derived from the pydocstyle linter.

Fix is always available.

What it does

Checks for docstring sections that contain blank lines between a section header and a section body.

Why is this bad?

This rule enforces a consistent style for multiline docstrings.

Multiline docstrings are typically composed of a summary line, followed by a blank line, followed by a series of sections, each with a section header and a section body. There should be no blank lines between a section header and a section body.

Example

def calculate_speed(distance: float, time: float) -> float:
    """Calculate speed as distance divided by time.

    Args:

        distance: Distance traveled.
        time: Time spent traveling.

    Returns:
        Speed as distance divided by time.

    Raises:
        FasterThanLightError: If speed is greater than the speed of light.
    """
    try:
        return distance / time
    except ZeroDivisionError as exc:
        raise FasterThanLightError from exc

Use instead:

def calculate_speed(distance: float, time: float) -> float:
    """Calculate speed as distance divided by time.

    Args:
        distance: Distance traveled.
        time: Time spent traveling.

    Returns:
        Speed as distance divided by time.

    Raises:
        FasterThanLightError: If speed is greater than the speed of light.
    """
    try:
        return distance / time
    except ZeroDivisionError as exc:
        raise FasterThanLightError from exc

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