# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # Copyright (c) 2016 Alexander Todorov # Copyright (c) 2017 Claudiu Popa # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html # For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING """Looks for comparisons to empty string.""" import itertools import astroid from pylint import interfaces from pylint import checkers from pylint.checkers import utils def _is_constant_zero(node): return isinstance(node, astroid.Const) and node.value == 0 class CompareToZeroChecker(checkers.BaseChecker): """Checks for comparisons to zero. Most of the times you should use the fact that integers with a value of 0 are false. An exception to this rule is when 0 is allowed in the program and has a different meaning than None! """ __implements__ = (interfaces.IAstroidChecker,) # configuration section name name = "compare-to-zero" msgs = { "C2001": ( "Avoid comparisons to zero", "compare-to-zero", "Used when Pylint detects comparison to a 0 constant.", ) } priority = -2 options = () @utils.check_messages("compare-to-zero") def visit_compare(self, node): _operators = ["!=", "==", "is not", "is"] # note: astroid.Compare has the left most operand in node.left # while the rest are a list of tuples in node.ops # the format of the tuple is ('compare operator sign', node) # here we squash everything into `ops` to make it easier for processing later ops = [("", node.left)] ops.extend(node.ops) ops = list(itertools.chain(*ops)) for ops_idx in range(len(ops) - 2): op_1 = ops[ops_idx] op_2 = ops[ops_idx + 1] op_3 = ops[ops_idx + 2] error_detected = False # 0 ?? X if _is_constant_zero(op_1) and op_2 in _operators: error_detected = True # X ?? 0 elif op_2 in _operators and _is_constant_zero(op_3): error_detected = True if error_detected: self.add_message("compare-to-zero", node=node) def register(linter): """Required method to auto register this checker.""" linter.register_checker(CompareToZeroChecker(linter))