Updated pylintrc configuration to version 2.10.x (#14)

.github/workflows/test_tox.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         - python-version: '3.10'
           toxenv: 'py310'
         - python-version: '3.8'
-          toxenv: 'pylint'
+          toxenv: 'lint'
     container:
       image: ubuntu:20.04
     steps:

.pylintrc

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Pylint 2.9.x configuration file
+# Pylint 2.10.x configuration file
 #
 # This file is generated by l2tdevtools update-dependencies.py, any dependency
 # related changes should be made in dependencies.ini.
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@ fail-under=10.0
 ignore=CVS
 
 # Add files or directories matching the regex patterns to the ignore-list. The
-# regex matches against paths.
+# regex matches against paths and can be in Posix or Windows format.
 ignore-paths=
 
 # Files or directories matching the regex patterns are skipped. The regex
-# matches against base names, not paths.
-ignore-patterns=
+# matches against base names, not paths. The default value ignores emacs file
+# locks
+ignore-patterns=^\.#
 
 # Python code to execute, usually for sys.path manipulation such as
 # pygtk.require().
@@ -54,6 +55,13 @@ load-plugins=pylint.extensions.docparams
 # Pickle collected data for later comparisons.
 persistent=yes
 
+# Minimum Python version to use for version dependent checks. Will default to
+# the version used to run pylint.
+py-version=3.10
+
+# Discover python modules and packages in the file system subtree.
+recursive=yes
+
 # When enabled, pylint would attempt to guess common misconfiguration and emit
 # user-friendly hints instead of false-positive error messages.
 suggestion-mode=yes
@@ -66,20 +74,22 @@ unsafe-load-any-extension=no
 [MESSAGES CONTROL]
 
 # Only show warnings with the listed confidence levels. Leave empty to show
-# all. Valid levels: HIGH, INFERENCE, INFERENCE_FAILURE, UNDEFINED.
+# all. Valid levels: HIGH, CONTROL_FLOW, INFERENCE, INFERENCE_FAILURE,
+# UNDEFINED.
 confidence=
 
 # Disable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You
 # can either give multiple identifiers separated by comma (,) or put this
 # option multiple times (only on the command line, not in the configuration
 # file where it should appear only once). You can also use "--disable=all" to
-# disable everything first and then reenable specific checks. For example, if
+# disable everything first and then re-enable specific checks. For example, if
 # you want to run only the similarities checker, you can use "--disable=all
 # --enable=similarities". If you want to run only the classes checker, but have
 # no Warning level messages displayed, use "--disable=all --enable=classes
 # --disable=W".
 disable=assignment-from-none,
         bad-inline-option,
+        consider-using-f-string,
         deprecated-pragma,
         duplicate-code,
         eq-without-hash,
@@ -122,11 +132,11 @@ enable=c-extension-no-member
 [REPORTS]
 
 # Python expression which should return a score less than or equal to 10. You
-# have access to the variables 'error', 'warning', 'refactor', and 'convention'
-# which contain the number of messages in each category, as well as 'statement'
-# which is the total number of statements analyzed. This score is used by the
-# global evaluation report (RP0004).
-evaluation=10.0 - ((float(5 * error + warning + refactor + convention) / statement) * 10)
+# have access to the variables 'fatal', 'error', 'warning', 'refactor',
+# 'convention', and 'info' which contain the number of messages in each
+# category, as well as 'statement' which is the total number of statements
+# analyzed. This score is used by the global evaluation report (RP0004).
+evaluation=max(0, 0 if fatal else 10.0 - ((float(5 * error + warning + refactor + convention) / statement) * 10))
 
 # Template used to display messages. This is a python new-style format string
 # used to format the message information. See doc for all details.
@@ -202,7 +212,7 @@ contextmanager-decorators=contextlib.contextmanager
 generated-members=
 
 # Tells whether missing members accessed in mixin class should be ignored. A
-# mixin class is detected if its name ends with "mixin" (case insensitive).
+# class is considered mixin if its name matches the mixin-class-rgx option.
 ignore-mixin-members=yes
 
 # Tells whether to warn about missing members when the owner of the attribute
@@ -240,6 +250,10 @@ missing-member-hint-distance=1
 # showing a hint for a missing member.
 missing-member-max-choices=1
 
+# Regex pattern to define which classes are considered mixins ignore-mixin-
+# members is set to 'yes'
+mixin-class-rgx=.*[Mm]ixin
+
 # List of decorators that change the signature of a decorated function.
 signature-mutators=
 
@@ -261,13 +275,15 @@ logging-modules=logging
 argument-naming-style=snake_case
 
 # Regular expression matching correct argument names. Overrides argument-
-# naming-style.
+# naming-style. If left empty, argument names will be checked with the set
+# naming style.
 argument-rgx=(([a-z][a-z0-9_]*)|(_[a-z0-9_]*))$
 
 # Naming style matching correct attribute names.
 attr-naming-style=snake_case
 
 # Regular expression matching correct attribute names. Overrides attr-naming-
+# style. If left empty, attribute names will be checked with the set naming
 # style.
 attr-rgx=(([a-z][a-z0-9_]*)|(_[a-z0-9_]*))$
 
@@ -287,27 +303,30 @@ bad-names-rgxs=
 class-attribute-naming-style=any
 
 # Regular expression matching correct class attribute names. Overrides class-
-# attribute-naming-style.
+# attribute-naming-style. If left empty, class attribute names will be checked
+# with the set naming style.
 class-attribute-rgx=([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*|(__.*__))$
 
 # Naming style matching correct class constant names.
 class-const-naming-style=UPPER_CASE
 
 # Regular expression matching correct class constant names. Overrides class-
-# const-naming-style.
+# const-naming-style. If left empty, class constant names will be checked with
+# the set naming style.
 #class-const-rgx=
 
 # Naming style matching correct class names.
 class-naming-style=PascalCase
 
 # Regular expression matching correct class names. Overrides class-naming-
-# style.
+# style. If left empty, class names will be checked with the set naming style.
 class-rgx=[A-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9]+$
 
 # Naming style matching correct constant names.
 const-naming-style=UPPER_CASE
 
 # Regular expression matching correct constant names. Overrides const-naming-
+# style. If left empty, constant names will be checked with the set naming
 # style.
 const-rgx=(([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*)|(__.*__))$
 
@@ -319,7 +338,8 @@ docstring-min-length=-1
 function-naming-style=snake_case
 
 # Regular expression matching correct function names. Overrides function-
-# naming-style.
+# naming-style. If left empty, function names will be checked with the set
+# naming style.
 function-rgx=[A-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$
 
 # Good variable names which should always be accepted, separated by a comma.
@@ -341,21 +361,22 @@ include-naming-hint=no
 inlinevar-naming-style=any
 
 # Regular expression matching correct inline iteration names. Overrides
-# inlinevar-naming-style.
+# inlinevar-naming-style. If left empty, inline iteration names will be checked
+# with the set naming style.
 inlinevar-rgx=[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$
 
 # Naming style matching correct method names.
 method-naming-style=snake_case
 
 # Regular expression matching correct method names. Overrides method-naming-
-# style.
+# style. If left empty, method names will be checked with the set naming style.
 method-rgx=(test|[A-Z_])[a-zA-Z0-9_]*$
 
 # Naming style matching correct module names.
 module-naming-style=snake_case
 
 # Regular expression matching correct module names. Overrides module-naming-
-# style.
+# style. If left empty, module names will be checked with the set naming style.
 module-rgx=(([a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]+))$
 
 # Colon-delimited sets of names that determine each other's naming style when
@@ -371,11 +392,16 @@ no-docstring-rgx=^_
 # These decorators are taken in consideration only for invalid-name.
 property-classes=abc.abstractproperty
 
+# Regular expression matching correct type variable names. If left empty, type
+# variable names will be checked with the set naming style.
+#typevar-rgx=
+
 # Naming style matching correct variable names.
 variable-naming-style=snake_case
 
 # Regular expression matching correct variable names. Overrides variable-
-# naming-style.
+# naming-style. If left empty, variable names will be checked with the set
+# naming style.
 variable-rgx=(([a-z][a-z0-9_]*)|(_[a-z0-9_]*))$
 
 
@@ -451,16 +477,16 @@ spelling-store-unknown-words=no
 
 [SIMILARITIES]
 
-# Ignore comments when computing similarities.
+# Comments are removed from the similarity computation
 ignore-comments=yes
 
-# Ignore docstrings when computing similarities.
+# Docstrings are removed from the similarity computation
 ignore-docstrings=yes
 
-# Ignore imports when computing similarities.
+# Imports are removed from the similarity computation
 ignore-imports=no
 
-# Ignore function signatures when computing similarities.
+# Signatures are removed from the similarity computation
 ignore-signatures=no
 
 # Minimum lines number of a similarity.
@@ -480,6 +506,14 @@ check-str-concat-over-line-jumps=no
 
 [DESIGN]
 
+# List of regular expressions of class ancestor names to ignore when counting
+# public methods (see R0903)
+exclude-too-few-public-methods=
+
+# List of qualified class names to ignore when counting class parents (see
+# R0901)
+ignored-parents=
+
 # Maximum number of arguments for function / method.
 max-args=10
 

run_tests.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import unittest
 
 # Change PYTHONPATH to include dependencies.
-sys.path.insert(0, u'.')
+sys.path.insert(0, '.')
 
 import utils.dependencies  # pylint: disable=wrong-import-position
 

tox.ini

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py3{6,7,8,9,10},coverage,docs,pylint
+envlist = py3{6,7,8,9,10},coverage,docs,lint
 
 [testenv]
 pip_pre = True
@@ -36,15 +36,15 @@ commands =
     sphinx-build -b html -d build/doctrees docs dist/docs
     sphinx-build -b linkcheck docs dist/docs
 
-[testenv:pylint]
+[testenv:lint]
 skipsdist=True
 pip_pre = True
 setenv =
     PYTHONPATH = {toxinidir}
 deps =
     -rrequirements.txt
     -rtest_requirements.txt
-    pylint >= 2.9.0, < 2.10.0
+    pylint >= 2.10.0, < 2.11.0
 commands =
     pylint --version
     # Ignore setup.py for now due to:

utils/dependencies.py

@@ -133,12 +133,12 @@ def __init__(
 
     dependency_reader = DependencyDefinitionReader()
 
-    with open(dependencies_file, 'r') as file_object:
+    with open(dependencies_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file_object:
       for dependency in dependency_reader.Read(file_object):
         self.dependencies[dependency.name] = dependency
 
     if os.path.exists(test_dependencies_file):
-      with open(test_dependencies_file, 'r') as file_object:
+      with open(test_dependencies_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file_object:
         for dependency in dependency_reader.Read(file_object):
           self._test_dependencies[dependency.name] = dependency