Report E266 instead of E265 when the block common starts with multiple #; issue #270

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/pep8.py b/pep8.py
index fbb2526..b64dfda 100755
--- a/pep8.py
+++ b/pep8.py
@@ -792,6 +792,7 @@ def whitespace_before_comment(logical_line, tokens):
     E262: x = x + 1  #Increment x
     E262: x = x + 1  #  Increment x
     E265: #Block comment
+    E266: ### Block comment
     """
     prev_end = (0, 0)
     for token_type, text, start, end, line in tokens:
@@ -802,13 +803,15 @@ def whitespace_before_comment(logical_line, tokens):
                     yield (prev_end,
                            "E261 at least two spaces before inline comment")
             symbol, sp, comment = text.partition(' ')
-            bad_prefix = symbol not in ('#', '#:')
+            bad_prefix = symbol not in '#:' and (symbol.lstrip('#')[:1] or '#')
             if inline_comment:
-                if bad_prefix or comment[:1].isspace():
+                if bad_prefix or comment[:1] in WHITESPACE:
                     yield start, "E262 inline comment should start with '# '"
-            elif bad_prefix:
-                if text.rstrip('#') and (start[0] > 1 or symbol[1] != '!'):
+            elif bad_prefix and (bad_prefix != '!' or start[0] > 1):
+                if bad_prefix != '#':
                     yield start, "E265 block comment should start with '# '"
+                elif comment:
+                    yield start, "E266 too many leading '#' for block comment"
         elif token_type != tokenize.NL:
             prev_end = end