Bump pylint to 2.16.0-b0, update changelogv2.16.0b0

9 files changed, 35 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index b7e937b4a..382098cb0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -555,6 +555,20 @@ contributors:
   * Added ignore_signatures to duplicate checker
 - Adam Dangoor <adamdangoor@gmail.com>
 - 243f6a88 85a308d3 <33170174+243f6a8885a308d313198a2e037@users.noreply.github.com>
+- Zen Lee <53538590+zenlyj@users.noreply.github.com>
+- sur.la.route <17788706+christopherpickering@users.noreply.github.com>
+- kriek <sylvain.ackermann@gmail.com>
+- Robert Hofer <hofrob@protonmail.com>
+- Ramon Saraiva <ramonsaraiva@gmail.com>
+- Osher De Paz <odepaz@redhat.com>
+- Lumír 'Frenzy' Balhar <frenzy.madness@gmail.com>
+- James Addison <55152140+jayaddison@users.noreply.github.com>
+- Eddie Darling <eddie.darling@genapsys.com>
+- David Lawson <dmrlawson@gmail.com>
+- Cubicpath <Cubicpath@protonmail.com>
+- Cosmo <cosmo@cosmo.red>
+- Brice Chardin <brice.chardin@gmail.com>
+- Alvaro Frias Garay <alvaro.frias@eclypsium.com>
 
 
 Co-Author
diff --git a/doc/user_guide/checkers/features.rst b/doc/user_guide/checkers/features.rst
index 3992d93d4..e92e8a553 100644
--- a/doc/user_guide/checkers/features.rst
+++ b/doc/user_guide/checkers/features.rst
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ Basic checker Messages
   Loops should only have an else clause if they can exit early with a break
   statement, otherwise the statements under else should be on the same scope as
   the loop itself.
+:pointless-exception-statement (W0133): *Exception statement has no effect*
+  Used when an exception is created without being assigned, raised or returned
+  for subsequent use elsewhere.
 :expression-not-assigned (W0106): *Expression "%s" is assigned to nothing*
   Used when an expression that is not a function call is assigned to nothing.
   Probably something else was intended.
@@ -147,9 +150,6 @@ Basic checker Messages
   This is a particular case of W0104 with its own message so you can easily
   disable it if you're using those strings as documentation, instead of
   comments.
-:pointless-exception-statement (W0132): *Exception statement has no effect*
-  Used when an exception is created without being assigned, raised or returned
-  for subsequent use elsewhere.
 :unnecessary-pass (W0107): *Unnecessary pass statement*
   Used when a "pass" statement that can be avoided is encountered.
 :unreachable (W0101): *Unreachable code*
diff --git a/doc/user_guide/configuration/all-options.rst b/doc/user_guide/configuration/all-options.rst
index 85723d6bf..d284d1194 100644
--- a/doc/user_guide/configuration/all-options.rst
+++ b/doc/user_guide/configuration/all-options.rst
@@ -1719,7 +1719,7 @@ Extensions
 ---------------------------
 --valid-magic-values
 """"""""""""""""""""
-* List of valid magic values that `magic-value-compare` will not detect.*
+*List of valid magic values that `magic-value-compare` will not detect. Supports integers, floats, negative numbers, for empty string enter ``''``, for backslash values just use one backslash e.g \n.*
 
 **Default:**  ``(0, -1, 1, '', '__main__')``
 
diff --git a/doc/user_guide/messages/messages_overview.rst b/doc/user_guide/messages/messages_overview.rst
index 648b4b373..51dcf0cd5 100644
--- a/doc/user_guide/messages/messages_overview.rst
+++ b/doc/user_guide/messages/messages_overview.rst
@@ -286,8 +286,8 @@ All messages in the warning category:
    warning/non-str-assignment-to-dunder-name
    warning/overlapping-except
    warning/overridden-final-method
-   warning/pointless-statement
    warning/pointless-exception-statement
+   warning/pointless-statement
    warning/pointless-string-statement
    warning/possibly-unused-variable
    warning/preferred-module
diff --git a/examples/pylintrc b/examples/pylintrc
index aa9db9dcf..a69f91575 100644
--- a/examples/pylintrc
+++ b/examples/pylintrc
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 # only in one or another interpreter, leading to false positives when analysed.
 analyse-fallback-blocks=no
 
-# Clear in-memory caches upon conclusion of linting. Useful if running pylint in
-# a server-like mode.
+# Clear in-memory caches upon conclusion of linting. Useful if running pylint
+# in a server-like mode.
 clear-cache-post-run=no
 
 # Load and enable all available extensions. Use --list-extensions to see a list
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ ignore=CVS
 
 # Add files or directories matching the regular expressions patterns to the
 # ignore-list. The regex matches against paths and can be in Posix or Windows
-# format. Because '\' represents the directory delimiter on Windows systems, it
-# can't be used as an escape character.
+# format. Because '\\' represents the directory delimiter on Windows systems,
+# it can't be used as an escape character.
 ignore-paths=
 
 # Files or directories matching the regular expression patterns are skipped.
@@ -311,8 +311,7 @@ min-public-methods=2
 [EXCEPTIONS]
 
 # Exceptions that will emit a warning when caught.
-overgeneral-exceptions=builtins.BaseException,
-                       builtins.Exception
+overgeneral-exceptions=builtins.BaseException,builtins.Exception
 
 
 [FORMAT]
diff --git a/examples/pyproject.toml b/examples/pyproject.toml
index 16f528327..d3b8b9052 100644
--- a/examples/pyproject.toml
+++ b/examples/pyproject.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ ignore = ["CVS"]
 
 # Add files or directories matching the regular expressions patterns to the
 # ignore-list. The regex matches against paths and can be in Posix or Windows
-# format. Because '\' represents the directory delimiter on Windows systems, it
+# format. Because '\\' represents the directory delimiter on Windows systems, it
 # can't be used as an escape character.
 # ignore-paths =
 
@@ -442,15 +442,6 @@ spelling-ignore-comment-directives = "fmt: on,fmt: off,noqa:,noqa,nosec,isort:sk
 # --spelling-private-dict-file option) instead of raising a message.
 # spelling-store-unknown-words =
 
-[tool.pylint.string]
-# This flag controls whether inconsistent-quotes generates a warning when the
-# character used as a quote delimiter is used inconsistently within a module.
-# check-quote-consistency =
-
-# This flag controls whether the implicit-str-concat should generate a warning on
-# implicit string concatenation in sequences defined over several lines.
-# check-str-concat-over-line-jumps =
-
 [tool.pylint.typecheck]
 # List of decorators that produce context managers, such as
 # contextlib.contextmanager. Add to this list to register other decorators that
diff --git a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
index 7d767f3a1..d188fe5b4 100644
--- a/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
+++ b/pylint/__pkginfo__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ It's updated via tbump, do not modify.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-__version__ = "2.16.0-dev"
+__version__ = "2.16.0b0"
 
 
 def get_numversion_from_version(v: str) -> tuple[int, int, int]:
diff --git a/script/.contributors_aliases.json b/script/.contributors_aliases.json
index 3adba8f78..19e620f7c 100644
--- a/script/.contributors_aliases.json
+++ b/script/.contributors_aliases.json
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@
     "mails": ["46202743+lorena-b@users.noreply.github.com"],
     "name": "Lorena Buciu"
   },
+  "53538590+zenlyj@users.noreply.github.com": {
+    "mails": ["53538590+zenlyj@users.noreply.github.com"],
+    "name": "Zen Lee"
+  },
   "53625739+dbrookman@users.noreply.github.com": {
     "mails": ["53625739+dbrookman@users.noreply.github.com"],
     "name": "Daniel Brookman"
@@ -347,6 +351,10 @@
     "mails": ["hg@stevenmyint.com", "git@stevenmyint.com"],
     "name": "Steven Myint"
   },
+  "hofrob@protonmail.com": {
+    "mails": ["hofrob@protonmail.com"],
+    "name": "Robert Hofer"
+  },
   "hugovk@users.noreply.github.com": {
     "mails": ["hugovk@users.noreply.github.com"],
     "name": "Hugo van Kemenade"
@@ -603,9 +611,5 @@
   "yileiyang@google.com": {
     "mails": ["yileiyang@google.com"],
     "name": "Yilei \"Dolee\" Yang"
-  },
-  "hofrob@protonmail.com": {
-    "mails": ["hofrob@protonmail.com"],
-    "name": "Robert Hofer"
   }
 }
diff --git a/tbump.toml b/tbump.toml
index 3b61c031d..92590505c 100644
--- a/tbump.toml
+++ b/tbump.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 github_url = "https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint"
 
 [version]
-current = "2.16.0-dev"
+current = "2.16.0b0"
 regex = '''
 ^(?P<major>0|[1-9]\d*)
 \.