What's New in Pylint 2.15#
- Release
2.15
- Date
TBA
Summary -- Release highlights#
New checkers#
Added new checker missing-timeout
to warn of default timeout values that could cause
a program to be hanging indefinitely.
Removed checkers#
Extensions#
False positives fixed#
Don't report
unsupported-binary-operation
on Python <= 3.9 when using the|
operator with types, if one has a metaclass that overloads__or__
or__ror__
as appropriate.Closes #4951
False negatives fixed#
Emit
modified-iterating-list
and analogous messages for dicts and sets when iterating literals, or when using thedel
keyword.Closes #6648
Emit
using-constant-test
when testing the truth value of a variable or call result holding a generator.Closes #6909
Emit
used-before-assignment
for self-referencing named expressions (:=
) lacking prior assignments.Closes #5653
Emit
used-before-assignment
when calling nested functions before assignment.Closes #6812
Emit
used-before-assignment
when relying on a name that is reimported later in a function.Closes #4624
Emit
used-before-assignment
for self-referencing assignments under if conditions.Closes #6643
Rename
unhashable-dict-key
tounhashable-member
and emit when creating sets and dicts, not just when accessing dicts.Closes #7034, Closes #7055
Other bug fixes#
Other Changes#
useless-super-delegation
has been renamed touseless-parent-delegation
in order to be more generic.Closes #6953
Internal changes#
pylint.testutils.primer
is now a private API.Refs #6905
Fixed an issue where it was impossible to update functional tests output when the existing output was impossible to parse. Instead of raising an error we raise a warning message and let the functional test fail with a default value.
Refs #6891