Re: Messages from code analysis tools (was: Using map())

2014-11-16 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Ben Finney wrote: >> The pylint message that always irked me was: >> >> W0142: Used * or ** magic >> >> "magic"? They're features of the language! > > It's a warning, because the use of that feature clobbers the static code > inspection you've asked for. PyLin

Messages from code analysis tools (was: Using map())

2014-11-16 Thread Ben Finney
Ned Batchelder writes: > Pylint isn't useful until you've tailored the messages. Definitely agreed. > The pylint message that always irked me was: > > W0142: Used * or ** magic > > "magic"? They're features of the language! It's a warning, because the use of that feature clobbers the stati