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Abstract classes are classes that are meant to be inherited but avoid implementing specific methods, leaving behind only method signatures that subclasses must implement. Abstract classes are useful for defining and enforcing class abstractions at a high level, similar to the concept of interfaces ...

Abstract base classes (ABCs) enforce what derived classes implement particular methods from the base class. To understand how this works and why we should use it, let's take a look at an example that Van Rossum would enjoy. Let's say we have a Base class "MontyPython" with two methods (jo...