pylintrc

# Custom pylintrc file
# Based off defaults from: pylint --generate-rcfile

[MASTER]
persistent=no

[MESSAGES CONTROL]
# Only show warnings with the listed confidence levels. Leave empty to show
# all. Valid levels: HIGH, INFERENCE, INFERENCE_FAILURE, UNDEFINED
confidence=

# NOTE:
#   Eventually we may want to blacklist, but it's a *lot* of work, and our
# codebase is in a state of flux. Instead, I'm whitelisting important ones
# and gradually introducing new ones as necessary.
disable=all
# Full list at https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/features.html
enable=
  # 2 spaces is the correct number of spaces. I don't care what PEP8 says.
  bad-indentation, mixed-indentation,
  # Keep things clean and avoid accidental dependencies and name collisions
  unused-import, unused-variable,
  # I'm needlessly inconsistent about this.
  wrong-import-order,
  # There's zero reason for old-style classes these days, and I sometimes rely on new-style ones. So make everything new.
  old-style-class,
  # Prevents things like func(arg=[]). There's almost always a safer way.
  dangerous-default-value,
  # This could probably just be fixed automatically...
  trailing-whitespace,
  # Avoid confusion, typos, and lingering inconsistencies.
  arguments-differ,

[BASIC]
# List of builtins function names that should not be used
bad-functions=input
# Good/bad variable names which should always/never be accepted
good-names=i,j,k,ex,Run,_
bad-names=

[FORMAT]
# I'm old-school. 80 or bust.
max-line-length=80
# PEP-8 says 4; it's wrong.
indent-string='  '
indent-after-paren=2

[VARIABLES]
# For temporary variables, allow only "_"
# Being strict means it's easier to catch unused variables.
dummy-variables-rgx=_
# Callbacks can be named anything.
callbacks=

[CLASSES]
# Isolated the API. No exceptions.
exclude-protected=

[DESIGN]
# Don't set a limit on number of arguments.
# Simple is better, but complex does happen. Don't enforce an arbitrary number.
max-args=1000