Pylint is a Python source code analyzer looking for bugs and signs of poor quality.
Pylint is a Python tool that checks if a module satisfies a coding standard.
Questions tagged [pylint]
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pylint complain if we use pandas class instances
pylint complain about pandas class instances::
I have db instance that has data (a panda Dataframe) as instance.
If I call e.g. iloc or shape on it::
cols = db.data.shape
xxx = db.data.iloc[1:4, 0:9]
pylint complain about::
E: 36,18: Instance of…
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Force string format in pylint
Python allows to use either single or double quotes for strings. I'd like to enforce only single quotes format in my projects.
Is there any specific rule in pylint or an existing pylint plugin to achieve that?
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Pylint warning: Possible unbalanced tuple unpacking with sequence
I have a piece of Python code:
def func1():
a=set()
b = ','.join(map(str, list(a)))
return b, []
def func2():
d = 1
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Pylint: Avoid checking INSIDE DOCSTRINGS (global directive / rcfile)
Consider this piece of code:
def test():
"""This line is longer than 80 chars, but, for me this is ok inside a DOCSTRING,
this one is shorter.
"""
if 'This is toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo longggggggggggggggggggggggg':
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How does pylint remember scores from previous runs?
In a typical pylint run, we get the following output:
Global evaluation
-----------------
Your code has been rated at 9.50/10 (previous run: 8.50/10)
Duplication
-----------
+-------------------------+------+---------+-----------+
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pylint not recognizing some of the standard library
I'm using pylint + pydev, with python 2.6.
I have a module with just this line of code
from email import Message
Now when I try to run this module it runs fine. But pylint reports an error:
ID: E0611 No name 'Message' in module 'email'
Although it…
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How do I exclude South migrations from Pylint?
I'm using South for migration in my Django project. When I run Pylint on my project I get a bunch of errors from the migration files. How can I exclude migration files from Pylint?
I'm on a Windows system so I can't use filename exclusions in the…
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Pylint: Specifying exception names in the overgeneral-exceptions option without module name is deprecated
pylint: Command line or configuration file:1: UserWarning: Specifying
exception names in the overgeneral-exceptions option without module
name is deprecated and support for it will be removed in pylint 3.0.
Use fully qualified name (maybe…
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Use lazy % formatting in logging functions pylint error message
I have a python function as follows, when enabled pylint to code scan, it throws me an lazy formatting error.
def modify_response(data):
try:
response = {}
response["User_ID"] = data[0]["User_ID"]["S"]
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why does pylint complain about Unnecessary "elif" after "return" (no-else-return)?
why does pylint complain about this code block?
R1705: Unnecessary "elif" after "return" (no-else-return)
def f(a):
if a == 1:
return 1
elif a == 2:
return 2
return 3
To prevent the error, I had to create a temporary…
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PyLint W0108: Lambda may not be > necessary (unnecessary-lambda)
pylint is returning the below message for the code that I have below :
data.py:125:30: W0108: Lambda may not be
necessary (unnecessary-lambda)
in_p = ', '.join(list(map(lambda x: "'{}'".format(x), data)))
Why is lambda not required here and how…
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Avoiding pylint complaints when importing Python packages from submodules
Background
I have a Python application dependent upon another package which is provided as a git submodule, yielding a directory structure similar to the following:
foo/
bar/
bar/
__init__.py
eggs.py
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Pylint: Disable Unnecessary "else" after "return" (no-else-return) warning
I'm looking through my RC file and I can't for the life of me, find which one of these variables disables that feature.
I searched for "if", "else" and "return" and I didn't see anything. Unless I've missed it.
Thanks.
More Info
pylint…
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Pylint for half-implemented abstract classes
Consider following code snippet:
class AbstractClass(object):
def method1(self):
raise NotImplementedError()
def method2(self):
raise NotImplementedError()
class SemiConcreteClass(AbstractClass):
def method1(self):
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Pylint recursively for a given filename
I have a Django project and I'm working on Pylinting my way through it.
I have a couple situations where I'd like to be able to recursively find all files with a given name and pylint them differently (using different options). For example, I'd like…
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