Difference between pass statement and 3 dots(...) in python

pass has been in the language for a very long time and is just a no-op. It is designed to explicitly do nothing.

... is a token having the singleton value Ellipsis, similar to how None is a singleton value. Putting ... as your method body has the same effect as for example:

def foo():
    1

The ... can be interpreted as a sentinel value where it makes sense from an API-design standpoint, e.g. if you overwrite __getitem__ to do something special if Ellipsis are passed, and then giving foo[...] special meaning. It is not specifically meant as a replacement for no-op stubs, though I have seen it being used that way and it doesn't hurt either

Not exactly an answer to your question, but perhaps a useful clarification. The pass statement should be use to indicate a block is doing nothing (a no-op). The ... (ellipsis) operator is actually a literal that can be used in different contexts.

An example of ellipsis usage would be with NumPy array indexing: a[..., 0]