{"id":14763,"library":"none","title":"none - Empty Placeholder Library","description":"The 'none' library, version 0.1.1, claims to be 'an extensive library providing additional facilities to the Python Standard Library' on PyPI. However, inspection of its GitHub repository (spack971/none) and PyPI source distribution reveals it contains no functional Python code, only metadata files and an empty `__init__.py`. It was last released in August 2022 and appears to be an abandoned placeholder project.","status":"abandoned","version":"0.1.1","language":"en","source_language":"en","source_url":"https://github.com/spack971/none","tags":["empty","placeholder","abandoned","non-functional"],"install":[{"cmd":"pip install none","lang":"bash","label":"Install with pip"}],"dependencies":[],"imports":[{"note":"The 'none' library (version 0.1.1) contains no Python code beyond an empty __init__.py, so there are no classes, functions, or modules to import or use. Attempts to import will succeed for the package itself but yield no usable contents.","symbol":"AnyClassOrFunction","correct":"# No functional imports available as the library is empty."}],"quickstart":{"code":"# The 'none' library (version 0.1.1) contains no functional code.\n# Attempting to import it will succeed, but there are no objects to use.\n\ntry:\n    import none\n    print(f\"Successfully imported 'none' package (version {none.__version__ if hasattr(none, '__version__') else 'unknown'}).\")\n    print(\"However, the library is empty and provides no functional components.\")\n    # dir(none) would show only standard module attributes\nexcept ImportError:\n    print(\"Failed to import 'none'.\")\n","lang":"python","description":"Due to the 'none' library being an empty placeholder, this quickstart demonstrates how to import the package and acknowledges its lack of functional components. There are no actual features to showcase."},"warnings":[{"fix":"Do not use this library. Seek alternative, functional libraries for 'additional facilities to the Python Standard Library'.","message":"The 'none' library is an empty placeholder and provides no functionality despite its description. Relying on it for any purpose will result in missing features.","severity":"breaking","affected_versions":"0.1.1 (all known versions)"},{"fix":"Be explicit in code and searches. If referring to the package, use 'the 'none' package' or 'spack971/none'. Avoid variables named `none` in your code.","message":"The package name 'none' is easily confused with Python's built-in `None` keyword. This can lead to ambiguity in search results and code if not carefully disambiguated (e.g., using `import none` vs. checking for `value is None`).","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"All versions"}],"env_vars":null,"last_verified":"2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z","next_check":"2026-07-15T00:00:00.000Z","problems":[{"fix":"This error is expected. The 'none' library does not provide any functionality. Remove the dependency or find a different library that offers the desired features.","cause":"The 'none' library is empty and does not contain any functions, classes, or other callable attributes beyond standard module internals.","error":"AttributeError: module 'none' has no attribute 'some_function'"},{"fix":"The 'none' package does not contain submodules or any executable code. This error confirms the lack of content. Discontinue use of this library.","cause":"While `import none` might succeed, any attempt to import a submodule (e.g., `from none import submodule`) will fail because the package only contains an empty `__init__.py` and no other files or directories.","error":"ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'none.submodule'"}],"ecosystem":"pypi"}