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On Wednesday, July 25, 2012 9:32:33 PM UTC-7, Ethan Furman wrote:

> What code does `pass` run?  When do we pass parameters to `pass`?   When 
> do we need to override `pass`?
> 
> Answers:  None.  Never.  Still waiting for a reply from the OP for a use 
> case.

When I brought up this same issue some months ago...

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/comp.lang.python/CB_5fek2b8A

...it wasn't because I wanted to pass parameters to "pass", it was because I wanted to define a do-nothing function as an optional behavior within another function.  In other words, I wanted to pass "pass."