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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.

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Why does it say that module pygame has no init member?

This is the code I have: import pygame pygame.init() I'm very confused because if I try to run the file, then there seems to be no issue, but pylint says the following: E1101:Module 'pygame' has no 'init' member I have searched thoroughly for a…
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Error message "python-pylint 'C0103:Invalid constant name"

I'm confused about the error(s) in this photo: I don't know how to fix them. My program is a Python-Flask web frame. When I use Visual Studio Code to debug my program, Pylint shows these errors. I know this problem doesn't matter, but it makes me…
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Silence PyLint warning about unused variables for string interpolation

The say module brings string interpolation to Python, like this: import say def f(a): return say.fmt("The value of 'a' is {a}") However, PyLint complains that the variable 'a' is never used. This is a problem because my code uses say.fmt…
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Invoking Pylint programmatically

I'd like to invoke the Pylint checker, limited to the error signalling part, as part of my unit testing. So I checked the Pylint executable script, got to the pylint.lint.Run helper class and there I got lost in a quite long __init__ function,…
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List of pylint human readable message ids?

Recent versions of pylint allow for suppressing messages with human readable message ids. For example, instead of class MyTest(unittest.TestCase): # pylint: disable=R0904 ... you can specify: class MyTest(unittest.TestCase): # pylint:…
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Instance of 'SQLAlchemy' has no 'Column' member (no-member)

I'm currently trying to implement steam login into website. But I'm unable to get pass this error within the code. I've created the database object but it keeps showing the error I mentioned earlier. I'm not sure whether SQLAlchemy has changed or…
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Disabling Pylint no member- E1101 error for specific libraries

Is there anyway to hide E1101 errors for objects that are created from a specific library? Our large repository is littered with #pylint: disable=E1101 around various objects created by pandas. For example, pylint will throw a no member error on…
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Pylint: Disable specific warnings for specific folder

We have a Python project laid out like this: project/ ├── .pylintrc ├── module1.py ├── module2.py └── tests/ ├── test_module1.py └── test_module2.py Our unit and function tests reside in the folder called tests/. When it comes to tests the…
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Python global keyword vs. Pylint W0603

Pylint W0603 states: Using the global statement. Used when you use the "global" statement to update a global variable. PyLint just try to discourage this usage. That doesn't mean you can not use it ! I wonder why is it so? Is there any more…
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Can Pylint error checking be customized?

I am using pydev where I have set up pylint. The problem is that even inside the comments, pylint reports warnings. I was looking to disable any sort of checking inside any line or a block comment. Also, I wish to follow camelCase naming convention…
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Visual Studio code with PyLint and autoPep8: How can I avoid PyLint to complain about my line length?

I recently switched to Visual Studio Code and I have to say I love it so far. I'm working on a Python project, which includes the pip packages pylint and autopep8 and I configured VSCode to format the code according to these packages. Only problem…
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How do I disable pylint unused import error messages in vs code

How do I disable these error messages from popping up in the problems box in vs code
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How can I configure Pylint to check all things PEP8 checks?

Searching for an answer on Pylint's mailing list brings no interesting results. Pylint is known to be very customizable, so I guess this should be possible... The reason I would like Pylint to check compliance with PEP8 is because PyDev has much…
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Pylint W0212 protected-access

In Python, prefixing with one underscore indicates that a member should not be accessed outside of its class. This seems to be on a per-class basis like Java and C++. However, pylint seems to enforce this convention on a per-object basis. Is there…
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Pylint warning for "useless super delegation"

Pylint raises the warning: Useless super delegation in method '__init__' (useless-super-delegation) for the SpecificError class below. class MyProjectExceptions(Exception): """The base class for all my project's exceptions.""" def…
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