Allow sphinx.ext.autodoc syntax for comments. Issue #110

3 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index ea141f9..dbf3dd1 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Changelog
 1.x (unreleased)
 ----------------
 
-* ...
+* Allow sphinx.ext.autodoc syntax for comments. (Issue #110)
 
 
 1.4 (2012-12-22)
diff --git a/pep8.py b/pep8.py
index d558ed4..7afe96f 100755
--- a/pep8.py
+++ b/pep8.py
@@ -796,7 +796,8 @@ def whitespace_before_inline_comment(logical_line, tokens):
             if prev_end[0] == start[0] and start[1] < prev_end[1] + 2:
                 yield (prev_end,
                        "E261 at least two spaces before inline comment")
-            if text.startswith('#  ') or not text.startswith('# '):
+            symbol, sp, comment = text.partition(' ')
+            if symbol not in ('#', '#:') or comment[:1].isspace():
                 yield start, "E262 inline comment should start with '# '"
         elif token_type != tokenize.NL:
             prev_end = end
diff --git a/testsuite/E26.py b/testsuite/E26.py
index b4f7af7..984efb5 100644
--- a/testsuite/E26.py
+++ b/testsuite/E26.py
@@ -4,3 +4,10 @@ pass # an inline comment
 x = x + 1  #Increment x
 #: E262
 x = x + 1  #  Increment x
+#: E262
+x = y + 1  #:  Increment x
+#: Okay
+pass  # an inline comment
+x = x + 1   # Increment x
+y = y + 1   #: Increment x
+#: