`Pylint`_ ========= .. _`Pylint`: https://pylint.readthedocs.io/ .. This is used inside the doc to recover the start of the introduction .. image:: https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/actions/workflows/tests.yaml/badge.svg?branch=main :target: https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/actions .. image:: https://codecov.io/gh/pylint-dev/pylint/branch/main/graph/badge.svg?token=ZETEzayrfk :target: https://codecov.io/gh/pylint-dev/pylint .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/pylint.svg :alt: Pypi Package version :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pylint .. image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/pylint/badge/?version=latest :target: https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest :alt: Documentation Status .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg :target: https://github.com/ambv/black .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/linting-pylint-yellowgreen :target: https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint .. image:: https://results.pre-commit.ci/badge/github/pylint-dev/pylint/main.svg :target: https://results.pre-commit.ci/latest/github/pylint-dev/pylint/main :alt: pre-commit.ci status .. image:: https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/6328/badge :target: https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/6328 :alt: CII Best Practices .. image:: https://img.shields.io/ossf-scorecard/github.com/PyCQA/pylint?label=openssf%20scorecard&style=flat :target: https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/PyCQA/pylint :alt: OpenSSF Scorecard .. image:: https://img.shields.io/discord/825463413634891776.svg :target: https://discord.gg/qYxpadCgkx :alt: Discord What is Pylint? --------------- Pylint is a `static code analyser`_ for Python 2 or 3. The latest version supports Python 3.8.0 and above. .. _`static code analyser`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_code_analysis Pylint analyses your code without actually running it. It checks for errors, enforces a coding standard, looks for `code smells`_, and can make suggestions about how the code could be refactored. .. _`code smells`: https://martinfowler.com/bliki/CodeSmell.html Install ------- .. This is used inside the doc to recover the start of the short text for installation For command line use, pylint is installed with:: pip install pylint Or if you want to also check spelling with ``enchant`` (you might need to `install the enchant C library `_): .. code-block:: sh pip install pylint[spelling] It can also be integrated in most editors or IDEs. More information can be found `in the documentation`_. .. _in the documentation: https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/installation/index.html .. This is used inside the doc to recover the end of the short text for installation What differentiates Pylint? --------------------------- Pylint is not trusting your typing and is inferring the actual value of nodes (for a start because there was no typing when pylint started off) using its internal code representation (astroid). If your code is ``import logging as argparse``, Pylint can check and know that ``argparse.error(...)`` is in fact a logging call and not an argparse call. This makes pylint slower, but it also lets pylint find more issues if your code is not fully typed. [inference] is the killer feature that keeps us using [pylint] in our project despite how painfully slow it is. - `Realist pylint user`_, 2022 .. _`Realist pylint user`: https://github.com/charliermarsh/ruff/issues/970#issuecomment-1381067064 pylint, not afraid of being a little slower than it already is, is also a lot more thorough than other linters. There are more checks, including some opinionated ones that are deactivated by default but can be enabled using configuration. How to use pylint ----------------- Pylint isn't smarter than you: it may warn you about things that you have conscientiously done or check for some things that you don't care about. During adoption, especially in a legacy project where pylint was never enforced, it's best to start with the ``--errors-only`` flag, then disable convention and refactor messages with ``--disable=C,R`` and progressively re-evaluate and re-enable messages as your priorities evolve. Pylint is highly configurable and permits to write plugins in order to add your own checks (for example, for internal libraries or an internal rule). Pylint also has an ecosystem of existing plugins for popular frameworks and third-party libraries. .. note:: Pylint supports the Python standard library out of the box. Third-party libraries are not always supported, so a plugin might be needed. A good place to start is ``PyPI`` which often returns a plugin by searching for ``pylint ``. `pylint-pydantic`_, `pylint-django`_ and `pylint-sonarjson`_ are examples of such plugins. More information about plugins and how to load them can be found at `plugins`_. .. _`plugins`: https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/development_guide/how_tos/plugins.html#plugins .. _`pylint-pydantic`: https://pypi.org/project/pylint-pydantic .. _`pylint-django`: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint-django .. _`pylint-sonarjson`: https://github.com/omegacen/pylint-sonarjson Advised linters alongside pylint -------------------------------- Projects that you might want to use alongside pylint include ruff_ (**really** fast, with builtin auto-fix and a growing number of checks taken from popular linters but implemented in ``rust``) or flake8_ (faster and simpler checks with very few false positives), mypy_, pyright_ or pyre_ (typing checks), bandit_ (security oriented checks), black_ and isort_ (auto-formatting), autoflake_ (automated removal of unused imports or variables), pyupgrade_ (automated upgrade to newer python syntax) and pydocstringformatter_ (automated pep257). .. _ruff: https://github.com/charliermarsh/ruff .. _flake8: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8 .. _bandit: https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit .. _mypy: https://github.com/python/mypy .. _pyright: https://github.com/microsoft/pyright .. _pyre: https://github.com/facebook/pyre-check .. _black: https://github.com/psf/black .. _autoflake: https://github.com/myint/autoflake .. _pyupgrade: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade .. _pydocstringformatter: https://github.com/DanielNoord/pydocstringformatter .. _isort: https://pycqa.github.io/isort/ Additional tools included in pylint ----------------------------------- Pylint ships with two additional tools: - pyreverse_ (standalone tool that generates package and class diagrams.) - symilar_ (duplicate code finder that is also integrated in pylint) .. _pyreverse: https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pyreverse.html .. _symilar: https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/symilar.html .. This is used inside the doc to recover the end of the introduction Contributing ------------ .. This is used inside the doc to recover the start of the short text for contribution We welcome all forms of contributions such as updates for documentation, new code, checking issues for duplicates or telling us that we can close them, confirming that issues still exist, `creating issues because you found a bug or want a feature`_, etc. Everything is much appreciated! Please follow the `code of conduct`_ and check `the Contributor Guides`_ if you want to make a code contribution. .. _creating issues because you found a bug or want a feature: https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contact.html#bug-reports-feedback .. _code of conduct: https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md .. _the Contributor Guides: https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/development_guide/contribute.html .. This is used inside the doc to recover the end of the short text for contribution Show your usage ----------------- You can place this badge in your README to let others know your project uses pylint. .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/linting-pylint-yellowgreen :target: https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint Learn how to add a badge to your documentation in the `the badge documentation`_. .. _the badge documentation: https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/installation/badge.html License ------- pylint is, with a few exceptions listed below, `GPLv2 `_. 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