Error/warning colours

[dankini]

Hi, wonder if someone can enlighten me with a strange issue.
ST3 v3059
SublimeLinter v3.4.24

Have noticed when I open exact same file the text highlighting code colours are a lottery. They seem to change indiscriminently between yellow and red. No apparent reason, no apparent pattern to it.

Best illustrated with two images of same simple bit of code:
First, error codes correctly highlighted in red

Second, error codes incorrectly highlighted in yellow

Another example showing incorrect colouring

At one point I thought a pattern was emerging whereby if I opened by double-clicking file from system it showed errors as yellow but if I opened from within ST (File>Open File...) it correctly showed errors in red. But that doesn't seem to be the case now and it just seems to be random.

Can confirm relevant user settings as:
"error_color": "D02000"
"warning_color": "DDB700"

Have removed sublimelinter package and reinstalled but no joy.

Any ideas please?

[NotSqrt]

Probably because multiple linters return similar linting problems, but without the same level error/warning ?

I see that you have pyflakes and flake8..

[dankini]

Indeed I do and have always had them without noticing this before yesterday. I installed both as this was recommended on some blogs.

If this is the cause is there a general recommendation of one over the other? Does one more accurately classify errors/warnings than the other?

Thanks for the reply.

[NotSqrt]

flake8 = pyflakes + pep8

I noticed on my projects that flake8 does not report all pep8 errors, so I tend to use all the available linters, even if they are redondant (pylint, pyflakes, pep8, ..).

I correct the errors immediately on all my code so I never notice that the color changes 😄

[dankini]

Guess I stick with my set up and tolerate inconsistent line highlighting between linters. Although it will play havoc with my OCD!!

Thanks NotSqrt

[dankini]

Ps although ...

... it's the difference in gutter icon colour and line highlighting colour that really bugs me. Not only does it bug me but it strikes me as incorrect since I am using the default 'colourised' gutter theme so colours should match, no?

[NotSqrt]

The gutter and line highlighting updates and the linters themselves are asynchronous, so if the linters finish around the same time, the result is not predictable. The last one wins.

[dankini]

OK, understood.
Maybe I make error and warning colours in user settings the same and let the guttering signify the type. If only so visually consistent.

[braver]

I don't think overlapping linters like this, where they agree on what's wrong but not on the severity level, is very common or something we want to really support.