Merge pull request #1161 from PyCQA/legacy-not-equals

remove python 2.x handling of <> and -> operators
PyCQA · Jul 15, 2023 · ece0b4c · ece0b4c
2 parents 8c79b21 + 19b55a9
commit ece0b4c
Showing 1 changed file with 1 addition and 5 deletions.
diff --git a/pycodestyle.py b/pycodestyle.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 ARITHMETIC_OP = frozenset(['**', '*', '/', '//', '+', '-', '@'])
 WS_OPTIONAL_OPERATORS = ARITHMETIC_OP.union(['^', '&', '|', '<<', '>>', '%'])
 WS_NEEDED_OPERATORS = frozenset([
-    '**=', '*=', '/=', '//=', '+=', '-=', '!=', '<>', '<', '>',
+    '**=', '*=', '/=', '//=', '+=', '-=', '!=', '<', '>',
     '%=', '^=', '&=', '|=', '==', '<=', '>=', '<<=', '>>=', '=',
     'and', 'in', 'is', 'or', '->', ':='])
 WHITESPACE = frozenset(' \t\xa0')
@@ -905,10 +905,6 @@ def missing_whitespace_around_operator(logical_line, tokens):
                     yield (need_space[0],
                            "E225 missing whitespace around operator")
                 need_space = False
-            elif text == '>' and prev_text in ('<', '-'):
-                # Tolerate the "<>" operator, even if running Python 3
-                # Deal with Python 3's annotated return value "->"
-                pass
             elif (
                     # def f(a, /, b):
                     #           ^