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+# pylint: disable=R0903, print-statement
+"""for Sub.inherited, only the warning for "aay" is desired.
+The warnings for "aab" and "aac"  are most likely false positives though,
+because there could be another subclass that overrides the same method and does
+use the arguments (eg Sub2)
+"""
+
+__revision__ = 'thx to Maarten ter Huurne'
+
+class Base(object):
+    "parent"
+    def inherited(self, aaa, aab, aac):
+        "abstract method"
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+class Sub(Base):
+    "child 1"
+    def inherited(self, aaa, aab, aac):
+        "overridden method, though don't use every argument"
+        return aaa
+
+    def newmethod(self, aax, aay):
+        "another method, warning for aay desired"
+        print self, aax
+
+class Sub2(Base):
+    "child 1"
+
+    def inherited(self, aaa, aab, aac):
+        "overridden method, use every argument"
+        return aaa + aab + aac