ChangeLog for PyLint ==================== -- * new W0212 message for access to protected member from client code * new W0105 message extracted from W0104 (statement seems to have no effect) with string 2006-04-19 -- 0.11.0 * fix crash caused by the exceptions checker in some case * fix some E1101 false positive with abstract method or classes defining __getattr__ * dirty fix to avoid "_socketobject" has not "connect" member. The actual problem is that astng isn't able to understand the code used to create socket.socket object with exec * added an option in the similarity checker to ignore docstrings, enabled by default * included patch Benjamin Niemann to allow block level enabling/disabling of messages 2006-03-06 -- 0.10.0 * WARNING, this release include some configuration changes (see below), so you may have to check and update your own configuration file(s) if you use one * this release require the 0.15 version of astng or superior (it will save you a lot of pylint crashes...) * W0705 has been reclassified to E0701, and is now detecting more inheriting problem, and a false positive when empty except clause is following an Exception catch has been fixed (close #10422) * E0212 and E0214 (metaclass/class method should have mcs/cls as first argument have been reclassified to C0202 and C0203 since this not as well established as "self" for instance method (E0213) * W0224 has been reclassified into F0220 (failed to resolve interfaces implemented by a class) * a new typecheck checker, introducing the following checks: - E1101, access to unexistant member (implements #10430), remove the need of E0201 and so some options has been moved from the classes checker to this one - E1102, calling a non callable object - E1111 and W1111 when an assigment is done on a function call but the infered function returns None (implements #10431) * change in the base checker: - checks module level and instance attribute names (new const-rgx and attr-rgx configuration option) (implements #10209 and #10440) - list comprehension and generator expression variables have their own regular expression (the inlinevar-rgx option) (implements #9146) - the C0101 check with its min-name-lentgh option has been removed (this can be specified in the regxp after all...) - W0103 and W0121 are now handled by the variables checker (W0103 is now W0603 and W0604 has been splitted into different messages) - W0131 and W0132 messages have been reclassified to C0111 and C0112 respectivly - new W0104 message on statement without effect * regexp support for dummy-variables (dummy-variables-rgx option replace dummy-variables) (implements #10027) * better global statement handling, see W0602, W0603, W0604 messages (implements #10344 and #10236) * --debug-mode option, disabling all checkers without error message and filtering others to only display error * fixed some R0201 (method could be a function) false positive 2006-01-10 -- 0.9.0 * a lot of updates to follow astng 0.14 API changes, so install logilab-astng 0.14 or greater before using this version of pylint * checker number 10 ! newstyle will search for problems regarding old style / new style classes usage problems (rely on astng 0.14 new style detection feature) * new 'load-plugins' options to load additional pylint plugins (usable from the command line or from a configuration file) (implements #10031) * check if a "pylintrc" file exists in the current working directory before using the one specified in the PYLINTRC environment variable or the default ~/.pylintrc or /etc/pylintrc * fixed W0706 (Identifier used to raise an exception is assigned...) false positive and reraising a catched exception instance * fixed E0611 (No name get in module blabla) false positive when accessing to a class'__dict__ * fixed some E0203 ("access to member before its definition") false positive * fixed E0214 ("metaclass method frist argument should be mcs) false positive with staticmethod used on a metaclass * fixed packaging which was missing the test/regrtest_data directory * W0212 (method could be a function) has been reclassified in the REFACTOR category as R0201, and is no more considerer when a method overrides an abstract method from an ancestor class * include module name in W0401 (wildcard import), as suggested by Amaury * when using the '--parseable', path are written relative to the current working directory if in a sub-directory of it (#9789) * 'pylint --version' shows logilab-astng and logilab-common versions * fixed pylint.el to handle space in file names * misc lint style fixes 2005-11-07 -- 0.8.1 * fix "deprecated module" false positive when the code imports a module whose name starts with a deprecated module's name (close #10061) * fix "module has no name __dict__" false positive (close #10039) * fix "access to undefined variable __path__" false positive (close #10065) * fix "explicit return in __init__" false positive when return is actually in an inner function (close #10075) 2005-10-21 -- 0.8.0 * check names imported from a module exists in the module (E0611), patch contributed by Amaury Forgeot d'Arc * print a warning (W0212) for methods that could be a function (implements #9100) * new --defining-attr-methods option on classes checker * new --acquired-members option on the classes checker, used when --zope=yes to avoid false positive on acquired attributes (listed using this new option) (close #8616) * generate one E0602 for each use of an undefined variable (previously, only one for the first use but not for the following) (implements #1000) * make profile option saveable * fix Windows .bat file, patch contributed by Amaury Forgeot d'Arc * fix one more false positive for E0601 (access before definition) with for loop such as "for i in range(10): print i" (test func_noerror_defined_and_used_on_same_line) * fix false positive for E0201 (undefined member) when accessing to __name__ on a class object * fix astng checkers traversal order * fix bug in format checker when parsing a file from a platform using different new line characters (close #9239) * fix encoding detection regexp * fix --rcfile handling (support for --rcfile=file, close #9590) 2005-05-27 -- 0.7.0 * WARNING: pylint is no longer a logilab subpackage. Users may have to manually remove the old logilab/pylint directory. * introduce a new --additional-builtins option to handle user defined builtins * --reports option has now -r as short alias, and -i for --include-ids * fix a bug in the variables checker which may causing some false positives when variables are defined and used within the same statement (test func_noerror_defined_and_used_on_same_line) * this time, real fix of the "disable-msg in the config file" problem, test added to unittest_lint * fix bug with --list-messages and python -OO * fix possible false positive for W0201 2005-04-14 -- 0.6.4 * allow to parse files without extension when a path is given on the command line (test noext) * don't fail if we are unable to read an inline option (e.g. inside a module), just produce an information message (test func_i0010) * new message E0103 for break or continue outside loop (close #8883, test func_continue_not_in_loop) * fix bug in the variables checker, causing non detection of some actual name error (close #8884, test func_nameerror_on_string_substitution) * fix bug in the classes checker which was making pylint crash if "object" is assigned in a class inheriting from it (test func_noerror_object_as_class_attribute) * fix problem with the similar checker when related options are defined in a configuration file * new --generate-man option to generate pylint's man page (require the latest logilab.common (>= 0.9.3) * packaged (generated...) man page 2005-02-24 -- 0.6.3 * fix scope problem which may cause false positive and true negative on E0602 * fix problem with some options such as disable-msg causing error when they are coming from the configuration file 2005-02-16 -- 0.6.2 * fix false positive on E0201 ("access to undefined member") with metaclasses * fix false positive on E0203 ("access to member before its definition") when attributes are defined in a parent class * fix false positive on W0706 ("identifier used to raise an exception assigned to...") * fix interpretation of "\t" as value for the indent-string configuration variable * fix --rcfile so that --rcfile=pylintrc (only --rcfile pylintrc was working in earlier release) * new raw checker example in the examples/ directory 2005-02-04 -- 0.6.1 * new --rcfile option to specify the configuration file without the PYLINTRC environment variable * added an example module for a custom pylint checker (see the example/ directory) * some fixes to handle fixes in common 0.9.1 (should however still working with common 0.9.0, even if upgrade is recommended) 2005-01-20 -- 0.6.0 * refix pylint emacs mode * no more traceback when just typing "pylint" * fix a bug which may cause crashes on resolving parent classes * fix problems with the format checker: don't chock on files containing multiple CR, avoid C0322, C0323, C0324 false positives with triple quoted string with quote inside * correctly detect access to member defined latter in __init__ method * now depends on common 0.8.1 to fix problem with interface resolution (close #8606) * new --list-msgs option describing available checkers and their messages * added windows specific documentation to the README file, contributed by Brian van den Broek * updated doc/features.txt (actually this file is now generated using the --list-msgs option), more entries into the FAQ * improved tests coverage 2004-10-19 -- 0.5.0 * avoid to import analyzed modules ! * new Refactor and Convention message categories. Some Warnings have been remaped into those new categories * added "similar", a tool to find copied and pasted lines of code, both using a specific command line tool and integrated as a pylint's checker * imports checker may report import dependancies as a dot graph * new checker regrouping most Refactor detection (with some new metrics) * more command line options storable in the configuration file * fix bug with total / undocumented number of methods 2004-07-08 -- 0.4.2 * fix pylint emacs mode * fix classes checkers to handler twisted interfaces 2004-05-14 -- 0.4.1 * fix the setup.py script to allow bdist_winst (well, the generated installer has not been tested...) with the necessary logilab/__init__.py file * fix file naming convention as suggested by Andreas Amoroso * fix stupid crash bug with bad method names 2004-05-10 -- 0.4.0 * fix file path with --parsable * --parsable option has been renamed to --parseable * added patch from Andreas Amoroso to output message to files instead of standard output * added Run to the list of correct variable names * fix variable names regexp and checking of local classes names * some basic handling of metaclasses * no-docstring-rgx apply now on classes too * new option to specify a different regexp for methods than for functions * do not display the evaluation report when no statements has been analysed * fixed crash with a class nested in a method * fixed format checker to deals with triple quoted string and lines with code and comment mixed * use logilab.common.ureports to layout reports 2004-02-17 -- 0.3.3 * added a parsable text output, used when the --parsable option is provided * added an emacs mode using this output, availabe in the distrib's elisp directory * fixed some typos in messages * change include-ids options to yn, and allow it to be in the configuration file * do not chock on corrupted stats files * fixed bug in the format checker which may stop pylint execution * provide scripts for unix and windows to wrap the minimal pylint tk gui 2003-12-23 -- 0.3.2 * html-escape messages in the HTML reporter (bug reported by Juergen Hermann) * added "TODO" to the list of default note tags * added "rexec" to the list of default deprecated modules * fixed typos in some messages 2003-12-05 -- 0.3.1 * bug fix in format and classes checkers * remove print statement from imports checkers * provide a simple tk gui, essentially usefull for windows users 2003-11-20 -- 0.3.0 * new exceptions checker, checking for string exception and empty except clauses. * imports checker checks for reimport of modules * classes checker checks for calls to ancestor's __init__ and abstract method not overriden. It doesn't complain anymore for unused import in __init__ files, and provides a new option ignore-interface-methods, usefull when you're using zope Interface implementation in your project * base checker checks for black listed builtins call (controled by the bad-functions option) and for use of * and ** * format checker checks for use of <> and "l" as long int marker * major internal API changes * use the rewrite of astng, based on compiler.ast * added unique id for messages, as suggested by Wolfgang Grafen * added unique id for reports * can take multiple modules or files as argument * new options command line options : --disable-msg, --enable-msg, --help-msg, --include-ids, --reports, --disable-report, --cache-size * --version shows the version of the python interpreter * removed some options which are now replaced by [en|dis]able-msg, or disable-report * read disable-msg and enable-msg options in source files (should be in comments on the top of the file, in the form "# pylint: disable-msg=W0402" * new message for modules importing themselves instead of the "cyclic import" message * fix bug with relative and cyclic imports * fix bug in imports checker (cycle was not always detected) * still fixes in format checker : don't check comment and docstring, check first line after an indent * black and white list now apply to all identifiers, not only variables, so changed the configuration option from (good|bad)-variable-names to (good|bad)-names * added string, rexec and Bastion to the default list of deprecated modules * do not print redefinition warning for function/class/method defined in mutually exclusive branchs 2003-10-10 -- 0.2.1 * added some documentation, fixed some typos * set environment variable PYLINT_IMPORT to 1 during pylint execution. * check that variables "imported" using the global statement exist * indentation problems are now warning instead of errors * fix checkers.initialize to try to load all files with a known python extension (patch from wrobell) * fix a bunch of messages * fix sample configuration file * fix the bad-construction option * fix encoding checker * fix format checker 2003-09-12 -- 0.2.0 * new source encoding / FIXME checker (pep 263) * new --zope option which trigger Zope import. Usefull to check Zope products code. * new --comment option which enable the evaluation note comment (disabled by default). * a ton of bug fixes * easy functionnal test infrastructure 2003-06-18 -- 0.1.2 * bug fix release * remove dependency to pyreverse 2003-06-01 -- 0.1.1 * much more functionnalities ! 2003-05-19 -- 0.1 * initial release