import dataclasses class JunkComparisonException(BaseException): def __str__(self): return 'Attempting to perform calculations involving junk values.' @dataclasses.dataclass class Junk: represents: str | None = None def __str__(self): return '[{}]'.format(self.represents or 'junk') def __repr__(self): return self.__str__() def __format__(self, format): return self.__str__() def __add__(self, other): return self def __radd__(self, other): return self def __sub__(self, other): return self def __rsub__(self, other): return self