pylint.md

What is pylint

Pylint is a static code analyser for Python 2 or 3. 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. -- pylint on pypi.org

Install

1. See pylint on pypi.org

.pylintrc

1. ✏️ Identify the file to be inspected. Example:

   export SENZING_PYTHON=redoer.py

2. List all type of errors seen in the file. Example:

   pylint --msg-template="{symbol}" ${SENZING_PYTHON} | sort | uniq

Uses

Github workflow

1. See .github/workflows/pylint.yaml

References

1. ReadTheDocs
2. Linting Python in Visual Studio Code