[joss] Use ABC and abstractmethod rather than NotImplementedError #173
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NotImplementedError
has slightly different semantics and effects than usingABC
andabstractmethod
- ABC classes can't be instantiated without satisfying all their abstractmethods, vs. raising an error which might not be obvious until the class is actually used. This also allows for static analysis tools to warn you when you haven't completed all the abstractmethods :)part of: openjournals/joss-reviews#5266