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<h1>eric6.Plugins.CheckerPlugins.CodeStyleChecker.pep8</h1>

<h3>Global Attributes</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>ARITHMETIC_OP</td></tr><tr><td>BENCHMARK_KEYS</td></tr><tr><td>COMMENT_WITH_NL</td></tr><tr><td>COMPARE_NEGATIVE_REGEX</td></tr><tr><td>COMPARE_SINGLETON_REGEX</td></tr><tr><td>COMPARE_TYPE_REGEX</td></tr><tr><td>DEFAULT_EXCLUDE</td></tr><tr><td>DEFAULT_IGNORE</td></tr><tr><td>DOCSTRING_REGEX</td></tr><tr><td>ERRORCODE_REGEX</td></tr><tr><td>EXTRANEOUS_WHITESPACE_REGEX</td></tr><tr><td>HUNK_REGEX</td></tr><tr><td>INDENT_REGEX</td></tr><tr><td>KEYWORDS</td></tr><tr><td>KEYWORD_REGEX</td></tr><tr><td>LAMBDA_REGEX</td></tr><tr><td>MAX_LINE_LENGTH</td></tr><tr><td>NEWLINE</td></tr><tr><td>OPERATOR_REGEX</td></tr><tr><td>PROJECT_CONFIG</td></tr><tr><td>RAISE_COMMA_REGEX</td></tr><tr><td>REPORT_FORMAT</td></tr><tr><td>RERAISE_COMMA_REGEX</td></tr><tr><td>SINGLETONS</td></tr><tr><td>SKIP_COMMENTS</td></tr><tr><td>SKIP_TOKENS</td></tr><tr><td>TESTSUITE_PATH</td></tr><tr><td>UNARY_OPERATORS</td></tr><tr><td>WHITESPACE</td></tr><tr><td>WHITESPACE_AFTER_COMMA_REGEX</td></tr><tr><td>WS_NEEDED_OPERATORS</td></tr><tr><td>WS_OPTIONAL_OPERATORS</td></tr><tr><td>__version__</td></tr><tr><td>_checks</td></tr><tr><td>noqa</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Classes</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td><a href="#BaseReport">BaseReport</a></td>
<td>Collect the results of the checks.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#Checker">Checker</a></td>
<td>Load a Python source file, tokenize it, check coding style.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#DiffReport">DiffReport</a></td>
<td>Collect and print the results for the changed lines only.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#FileReport">FileReport</a></td>
<td>Collect the results of the checks and print only the filenames.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#StandardReport">StandardReport</a></td>
<td>Collect and print the results of the checks.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#StyleGuide">StyleGuide</a></td>
<td>Initialize a PEP-8 instance with few options.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Functions</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td><a href="#_add_check">_add_check</a></td>
<td></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#_is_eol_token">_is_eol_token</a></td>
<td></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#_is_eol_token_1">_is_eol_token</a></td>
<td></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#_main">_main</a></td>
<td>Parse options and run checks on Python source.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#blank_lines">blank_lines</a></td>
<td>Separate top-level function and class definitions with two blank lines.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#comparison_negative">comparison_negative</a></td>
<td>Negative comparison should be done using "not in" and "is not".</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#comparison_to_singleton">comparison_to_singleton</a></td>
<td>Comparison to singletons should use "is" or "is not".</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#comparison_type">comparison_type</a></td>
<td>Object type comparisons should always use isinstance().</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#compound_statements">compound_statements</a></td>
<td>Compound statements (on the same line) are generally discouraged.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#continued_indentation">continued_indentation</a></td>
<td>Continuation lines indentation.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#expand_indent">expand_indent</a></td>
<td>Return the amount of indentation.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#explicit_line_join">explicit_line_join</a></td>
<td>Avoid explicit line join between brackets.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#extraneous_whitespace">extraneous_whitespace</a></td>
<td>Avoid extraneous whitespace.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#filename_match">filename_match</a></td>
<td>Check if patterns contains a pattern that matches filename.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#get_parser">get_parser</a></td>
<td></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#imports_on_separate_lines">imports_on_separate_lines</a></td>
<td>Imports should usually be on separate lines.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#indentation">indentation</a></td>
<td>Use 4 spaces per indentation level.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#init_checks_registry">init_checks_registry</a></td>
<td>Register all globally visible functions.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#maximum_line_length">maximum_line_length</a></td>
<td>Limit all lines to a maximum of 79 characters.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#missing_whitespace">missing_whitespace</a></td>
<td>Each comma, semicolon or colon should be followed by whitespace.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#missing_whitespace_around_operator">missing_whitespace_around_operator</a></td>
<td>Surround operators with a single space on either side.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#mute_string">mute_string</a></td>
<td>Replace contents with 'xxx' to prevent syntax matching.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#normalize_paths">normalize_paths</a></td>
<td>Parse a comma-separated list of paths.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#parse_udiff">parse_udiff</a></td>
<td>Return a dictionary of matching lines.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#process_options">process_options</a></td>
<td>Process options passed either via arglist or via command line args.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#python_3000_backticks">python_3000_backticks</a></td>
<td>Backticks are removed in Python 3: use repr() instead.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#python_3000_has_key">python_3000_has_key</a></td>
<td>The {}.has_key() method is removed in Python 3: use the 'in' operator.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#python_3000_not_equal">python_3000_not_equal</a></td>
<td>New code should always use != instead of <>.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#python_3000_raise_comma">python_3000_raise_comma</a></td>
<td>When raising an exception, use "raise ValueError('message')".</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#read_config">read_config</a></td>
<td>Read both user configuration and local configuration.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#readlines">readlines</a></td>
<td>Read the source code.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#readlines_1">readlines</a></td>
<td>Read the source code.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#register_check">register_check</a></td>
<td>Register a new check object.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#stdin_get_value">stdin_get_value</a></td>
<td></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#tabs_obsolete">tabs_obsolete</a></td>
<td>For new projects, spaces-only are strongly recommended over tabs.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#tabs_or_spaces">tabs_or_spaces</a></td>
<td>Never mix tabs and spaces.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#trailing_blank_lines">trailing_blank_lines</a></td>
<td>Trailing blank lines are superfluous.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#trailing_whitespace">trailing_whitespace</a></td>
<td>Trailing whitespace is superfluous.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#whitespace_around_comma">whitespace_around_comma</a></td>
<td>Avoid extraneous whitespace after a comma or a colon.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#whitespace_around_keywords">whitespace_around_keywords</a></td>
<td>Avoid extraneous whitespace around keywords.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#whitespace_around_named_parameter_equals">whitespace_around_named_parameter_equals</a></td>
<td>Don't use spaces around the '=' sign in function arguments.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#whitespace_around_operator">whitespace_around_operator</a></td>
<td>Avoid extraneous whitespace around an operator.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#whitespace_before_comment">whitespace_before_comment</a></td>
<td>Separate inline comments by at least two spaces.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#whitespace_before_parameters">whitespace_before_parameters</a></td>
<td>Avoid extraneous whitespace.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<hr /><hr />
<a NAME="BaseReport" ID="BaseReport"></a>
<h2>BaseReport</h2>
<p>
Collect the results of the checks.
</p>
<h3>Derived from</h3>
object
<h3>Class Attributes</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>print_filename</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Class Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td><a href="#BaseReport.__init__">BaseReport</a></td>
<td></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#BaseReport.error">error</a></td>
<td>Report an error, according to options.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#BaseReport.error_args">error_args</a></td>
<td>Report an error, according to options.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#BaseReport.get_count">get_count</a></td>
<td>Return the total count of errors and warnings.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#BaseReport.get_file_results">get_file_results</a></td>
<td>Return the count of errors and warnings for this file.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#BaseReport.get_statistics">get_statistics</a></td>
<td>Get statistics for message codes that start with the prefix.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#BaseReport.increment_logical_line">increment_logical_line</a></td>
<td>Signal a new logical line.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#BaseReport.init_file">init_file</a></td>
<td>Signal a new file.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#BaseReport.print_benchmark">print_benchmark</a></td>
<td>Print benchmark numbers.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#BaseReport.print_statistics">print_statistics</a></td>
<td>Print overall statistics (number of errors and warnings).</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#BaseReport.start">start</a></td>
<td>Start the timer.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#BaseReport.stop">stop</a></td>
<td>Stop the timer.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Static Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<a NAME="BaseReport.__init__" ID="BaseReport.__init__"></a>
<h4>BaseReport (Constructor)</h4>
<b>BaseReport</b>(<i>options</i>)
<a NAME="BaseReport.error" ID="BaseReport.error"></a>
<h4>BaseReport.error</h4>
<b>error</b>(<i>line_number, offset, text, check</i>)
<p>
Report an error, according to options.
</p><a NAME="BaseReport.error_args" ID="BaseReport.error_args"></a>
<h4>BaseReport.error_args</h4>
<b>error_args</b>(<i>line_number, offset, text, check, *args</i>)
<p>
Report an error, according to options.
</p><a NAME="BaseReport.get_count" ID="BaseReport.get_count"></a>
<h4>BaseReport.get_count</h4>
<b>get_count</b>(<i>prefix=''</i>)
<p>
Return the total count of errors and warnings.
</p><a NAME="BaseReport.get_file_results" ID="BaseReport.get_file_results"></a>
<h4>BaseReport.get_file_results</h4>
<b>get_file_results</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
Return the count of errors and warnings for this file.
</p><a NAME="BaseReport.get_statistics" ID="BaseReport.get_statistics"></a>
<h4>BaseReport.get_statistics</h4>
<b>get_statistics</b>(<i>prefix=''</i>)
<p>
Get statistics for message codes that start with the prefix.
</p><p>
        prefix='' matches all errors and warnings
        prefix='E' matches all errors
        prefix='W' matches all warnings
        prefix='E4' matches all errors that have to do with imports
</p><a NAME="BaseReport.increment_logical_line" ID="BaseReport.increment_logical_line"></a>
<h4>BaseReport.increment_logical_line</h4>
<b>increment_logical_line</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
Signal a new logical line.
</p><a NAME="BaseReport.init_file" ID="BaseReport.init_file"></a>
<h4>BaseReport.init_file</h4>
<b>init_file</b>(<i>filename, lines, expected, line_offset</i>)
<p>
Signal a new file.
</p><a NAME="BaseReport.print_benchmark" ID="BaseReport.print_benchmark"></a>
<h4>BaseReport.print_benchmark</h4>
<b>print_benchmark</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
Print benchmark numbers.
</p><a NAME="BaseReport.print_statistics" ID="BaseReport.print_statistics"></a>
<h4>BaseReport.print_statistics</h4>
<b>print_statistics</b>(<i>prefix=''</i>)
<p>
Print overall statistics (number of errors and warnings).
</p><a NAME="BaseReport.start" ID="BaseReport.start"></a>
<h4>BaseReport.start</h4>
<b>start</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
Start the timer.
</p><a NAME="BaseReport.stop" ID="BaseReport.stop"></a>
<h4>BaseReport.stop</h4>
<b>stop</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
Stop the timer.
</p>
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<a NAME="Checker" ID="Checker"></a>
<h2>Checker</h2>
<p>
Load a Python source file, tokenize it, check coding style.
</p>
<h3>Derived from</h3>
object
<h3>Class Attributes</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Class Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Checker.__init__">Checker</a></td>
<td></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#Checker.build_tokens_line">build_tokens_line</a></td>
<td>Build a logical line from tokens.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#Checker.check_all">check_all</a></td>
<td>Run all checks on the input file.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#Checker.check_ast">check_ast</a></td>
<td>Build the file's AST and run all AST checks.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#Checker.check_logical">check_logical</a></td>
<td>Build a line from tokens and run all logical checks on it.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#Checker.check_physical">check_physical</a></td>
<td>Run all physical checks on a raw input line.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#Checker.generate_tokens">generate_tokens</a></td>
<td>Tokenize the file, run physical line checks and yield tokens.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#Checker.maybe_check_physical">maybe_check_physical</a></td>
<td>If appropriate (based on token), check current physical line(s).</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#Checker.readline">readline</a></td>
<td>Get the next line from the input buffer.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#Checker.report_invalid_syntax">report_invalid_syntax</a></td>
<td>Check if the syntax is valid.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#Checker.run_check">run_check</a></td>
<td>Run a check plugin.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Static Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<a NAME="Checker.__init__" ID="Checker.__init__"></a>
<h4>Checker (Constructor)</h4>
<b>Checker</b>(<i>filename=None, lines=None, options=None, report=None, **kwargs</i>)
<a NAME="Checker.build_tokens_line" ID="Checker.build_tokens_line"></a>
<h4>Checker.build_tokens_line</h4>
<b>build_tokens_line</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
Build a logical line from tokens.
</p><a NAME="Checker.check_all" ID="Checker.check_all"></a>
<h4>Checker.check_all</h4>
<b>check_all</b>(<i>expected=None, line_offset=0</i>)
<p>
Run all checks on the input file.
</p><a NAME="Checker.check_ast" ID="Checker.check_ast"></a>
<h4>Checker.check_ast</h4>
<b>check_ast</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
Build the file's AST and run all AST checks.
</p><a NAME="Checker.check_logical" ID="Checker.check_logical"></a>
<h4>Checker.check_logical</h4>
<b>check_logical</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
Build a line from tokens and run all logical checks on it.
</p><a NAME="Checker.check_physical" ID="Checker.check_physical"></a>
<h4>Checker.check_physical</h4>
<b>check_physical</b>(<i>line</i>)
<p>
Run all physical checks on a raw input line.
</p><a NAME="Checker.generate_tokens" ID="Checker.generate_tokens"></a>
<h4>Checker.generate_tokens</h4>
<b>generate_tokens</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
Tokenize the file, run physical line checks and yield tokens.
</p><a NAME="Checker.maybe_check_physical" ID="Checker.maybe_check_physical"></a>
<h4>Checker.maybe_check_physical</h4>
<b>maybe_check_physical</b>(<i>token</i>)
<p>
If appropriate (based on token), check current physical line(s).
</p><a NAME="Checker.readline" ID="Checker.readline"></a>
<h4>Checker.readline</h4>
<b>readline</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
Get the next line from the input buffer.
</p><a NAME="Checker.report_invalid_syntax" ID="Checker.report_invalid_syntax"></a>
<h4>Checker.report_invalid_syntax</h4>
<b>report_invalid_syntax</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
Check if the syntax is valid.
</p><a NAME="Checker.run_check" ID="Checker.run_check"></a>
<h4>Checker.run_check</h4>
<b>run_check</b>(<i>check, argument_names</i>)
<p>
Run a check plugin.
</p>
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<a NAME="DiffReport" ID="DiffReport"></a>
<h2>DiffReport</h2>
<p>
Collect and print the results for the changed lines only.
</p>
<h3>Derived from</h3>
StandardReport
<h3>Class Attributes</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Class Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td><a href="#DiffReport.__init__">DiffReport</a></td>
<td></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#DiffReport.error">error</a></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Static Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<a NAME="DiffReport.__init__" ID="DiffReport.__init__"></a>
<h4>DiffReport (Constructor)</h4>
<b>DiffReport</b>(<i>options</i>)
<a NAME="DiffReport.error" ID="DiffReport.error"></a>
<h4>DiffReport.error</h4>
<b>error</b>(<i>line_number, offset, text, check</i>)

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<hr /><hr />
<a NAME="FileReport" ID="FileReport"></a>
<h2>FileReport</h2>
<p>
Collect the results of the checks and print only the filenames.
</p>
<h3>Derived from</h3>
BaseReport
<h3>Class Attributes</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>print_filename</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Class Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Static Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>

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<hr /><hr />
<a NAME="StandardReport" ID="StandardReport"></a>
<h2>StandardReport</h2>
<p>
Collect and print the results of the checks.
</p>
<h3>Derived from</h3>
BaseReport
<h3>Class Attributes</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Class Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td><a href="#StandardReport.__init__">StandardReport</a></td>
<td></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#StandardReport.error">error</a></td>
<td>Report an error, according to options.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#StandardReport.error_args">error_args</a></td>
<td>Report an error, according to options.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#StandardReport.get_file_results">get_file_results</a></td>
<td>Print the result and return the overall count for this file.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#StandardReport.init_file">init_file</a></td>
<td>Signal a new file.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Static Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<a NAME="StandardReport.__init__" ID="StandardReport.__init__"></a>
<h4>StandardReport (Constructor)</h4>
<b>StandardReport</b>(<i>options</i>)
<a NAME="StandardReport.error" ID="StandardReport.error"></a>
<h4>StandardReport.error</h4>
<b>error</b>(<i>line_number, offset, text, check</i>)
<p>
Report an error, according to options.
</p><a NAME="StandardReport.error_args" ID="StandardReport.error_args"></a>
<h4>StandardReport.error_args</h4>
<b>error_args</b>(<i>line_number, offset, code, check, *args</i>)
<p>
Report an error, according to options.
</p><a NAME="StandardReport.get_file_results" ID="StandardReport.get_file_results"></a>
<h4>StandardReport.get_file_results</h4>
<b>get_file_results</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
Print the result and return the overall count for this file.
</p><a NAME="StandardReport.init_file" ID="StandardReport.init_file"></a>
<h4>StandardReport.init_file</h4>
<b>init_file</b>(<i>filename, lines, expected, line_offset</i>)
<p>
Signal a new file.
</p>
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<hr /><hr />
<a NAME="StyleGuide" ID="StyleGuide"></a>
<h2>StyleGuide</h2>
<p>
Initialize a PEP-8 instance with few options.
</p>
<h3>Derived from</h3>
object
<h3>Class Attributes</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Class Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<td><a href="#StyleGuide.__init__">StyleGuide</a></td>
<td></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#StyleGuide.check_files">check_files</a></td>
<td>Run all checks on the paths.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#StyleGuide.excluded">excluded</a></td>
<td>Check if the file should be excluded.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#StyleGuide.get_checks">get_checks</a></td>
<td>Get all the checks for this category.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#StyleGuide.ignore_code">ignore_code</a></td>
<td>Check if the error code should be ignored.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#StyleGuide.init_report">init_report</a></td>
<td>Initialize the report instance.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#StyleGuide.input_dir">input_dir</a></td>
<td>Check all files in this directory and all subdirectories.</td>
</tr><tr>
<td><a href="#StyleGuide.input_file">input_file</a></td>
<td>Run all checks on a Python source file.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Static Methods</h3>
<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<a NAME="StyleGuide.__init__" ID="StyleGuide.__init__"></a>
<h4>StyleGuide (Constructor)</h4>
<b>StyleGuide</b>(<i>*args, **kwargs</i>)
<a NAME="StyleGuide.check_files" ID="StyleGuide.check_files"></a>
<h4>StyleGuide.check_files</h4>
<b>check_files</b>(<i>paths=None</i>)
<p>
Run all checks on the paths.
</p><a NAME="StyleGuide.excluded" ID="StyleGuide.excluded"></a>
<h4>StyleGuide.excluded</h4>
<b>excluded</b>(<i>filename, parent=None</i>)
<p>
Check if the file should be excluded.
</p><p>
        Check if 'options.exclude' contains a pattern that matches filename.
</p><a NAME="StyleGuide.get_checks" ID="StyleGuide.get_checks"></a>
<h4>StyleGuide.get_checks</h4>
<b>get_checks</b>(<i>argument_name</i>)
<p>
Get all the checks for this category.
</p><p>
        Find all globally visible functions where the first argument name
        starts with argument_name and which contain selected tests.
</p><a NAME="StyleGuide.ignore_code" ID="StyleGuide.ignore_code"></a>
<h4>StyleGuide.ignore_code</h4>
<b>ignore_code</b>(<i>code</i>)
<p>
Check if the error code should be ignored.
</p><p>
        If 'options.select' contains a prefix of the error code,
        return False.  Else, if 'options.ignore' contains a prefix of
        the error code, return True.
</p><a NAME="StyleGuide.init_report" ID="StyleGuide.init_report"></a>
<h4>StyleGuide.init_report</h4>
<b>init_report</b>(<i>reporter=None</i>)
<p>
Initialize the report instance.
</p><a NAME="StyleGuide.input_dir" ID="StyleGuide.input_dir"></a>
<h4>StyleGuide.input_dir</h4>
<b>input_dir</b>(<i>dirname</i>)
<p>
Check all files in this directory and all subdirectories.
</p><a NAME="StyleGuide.input_file" ID="StyleGuide.input_file"></a>
<h4>StyleGuide.input_file</h4>
<b>input_file</b>(<i>filename, lines=None, expected=None, line_offset=0</i>)
<p>
Run all checks on a Python source file.
</p>
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<a NAME="_add_check" ID="_add_check"></a>
<h2>_add_check</h2>
<b>_add_check</b>(<i>check, kind, codes, args</i>)

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<a NAME="_is_eol_token" ID="_is_eol_token"></a>
<h2>_is_eol_token</h2>
<b>_is_eol_token</b>(<i>token</i>)

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<a NAME="_is_eol_token_1" ID="_is_eol_token_1"></a>
<h2>_is_eol_token</h2>
<b>_is_eol_token</b>(<i>token</i>)

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<a NAME="_main" ID="_main"></a>
<h2>_main</h2>
<b>_main</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
Parse options and run checks on Python source.
</p>
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<a NAME="blank_lines" ID="blank_lines"></a>
<h2>blank_lines</h2>
<b>blank_lines</b>(<i>logical_line, blank_lines, indent_level, line_number, blank_before, previous_logical, previous_indent_level</i>)
<p>
Separate top-level function and class definitions with two blank lines.
</p><p>
    Method definitions inside a class are separated by a single blank line.
</p><p>
    Extra blank lines may be used (sparingly) to separate groups of related
    functions.  Blank lines may be omitted between a bunch of related
    one-liners (e.g. a set of dummy implementations).
</p><p>
    Use blank lines in functions, sparingly, to indicate logical sections.
</p><p>
    Okay: def a():\n    pass\n\n\ndef b():\n    pass
    Okay: def a():\n    pass\n\n\n# Foo\n# Bar\n\ndef b():\n    pass
</p><p>
    E301: class Foo:\n    b = 0\n    def bar():\n        pass
    E302: def a():\n    pass\n\ndef b(n):\n    pass
    E303: def a():\n    pass\n\n\n\ndef b(n):\n    pass
    E303: def a():\n\n\n\n    pass
    E304: @decorator\n\ndef a():\n    pass
</p>
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<a NAME="comparison_negative" ID="comparison_negative"></a>
<h2>comparison_negative</h2>
<b>comparison_negative</b>(<i>logical_line</i>)
<p>
Negative comparison should be done using "not in" and "is not".
</p><p>
    Okay: if x not in y:\n    pass
    Okay: assert (X in Y or X is Z)
    Okay: if not (X in Y):\n    pass
    Okay: zz = x is not y
    E713: Z = not X in Y
    E713: if not X.B in Y:\n    pass
    E714: if not X is Y:\n    pass
    E714: Z = not X.B is Y
</p>
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<a NAME="comparison_to_singleton" ID="comparison_to_singleton"></a>
<h2>comparison_to_singleton</h2>
<b>comparison_to_singleton</b>(<i>logical_line, noqa</i>)
<p>
Comparison to singletons should use "is" or "is not".
</p><p>
    Comparisons to singletons like None should always be done
    with "is" or "is not", never the equality operators.
</p><p>
    Okay: if arg is not None:
    E711: if arg != None:
    E712: if arg == True:
</p><p>
    Also, beware of writing if x when you really mean if x is not None --
    e.g. when testing whether a variable or argument that defaults to None was
    set to some other value.  The other value might have a type (such as a
    container) that could be false in a boolean context!
</p>
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<a NAME="comparison_type" ID="comparison_type"></a>
<h2>comparison_type</h2>
<b>comparison_type</b>(<i>logical_line</i>)
<p>
Object type comparisons should always use isinstance().
</p><p>
    Do not compare types directly.
</p><p>
    Okay: if isinstance(obj, int):
    E721: if type(obj) is type(1):
</p><p>
    When checking if an object is a string, keep in mind that it might be a
    unicode string too! In Python 2.3, str and unicode have a common base
    class, basestring, so you can do:
</p><p>
    Okay: if isinstance(obj, basestring):
    Okay: if type(a1) is type(b1):
</p>
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<a NAME="compound_statements" ID="compound_statements"></a>
<h2>compound_statements</h2>
<b>compound_statements</b>(<i>logical_line</i>)
<p>
Compound statements (on the same line) are generally discouraged.
</p><p>
    While sometimes it's okay to put an if/for/while with a small body
    on the same line, never do this for multi-clause statements.
    Also avoid folding such long lines!
</p><p>
    Okay: if foo == 'blah':\n    do_blah_thing()
    Okay: do_one()
    Okay: do_two()
    Okay: do_three()
</p><p>
    E701: if foo == 'blah': do_blah_thing()
    E701: for x in lst: total += x
    E701: while t < 10: t = delay()
    E701: if foo == 'blah': do_blah_thing()
    E701: else: do_non_blah_thing()
    E701: try: something()
    E701: finally: cleanup()
    E701: if foo == 'blah': one(); two(); three()
</p><p>
    E702: do_one(); do_two(); do_three()
    E703: do_four();  # useless semicolon
</p>
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<a NAME="continued_indentation" ID="continued_indentation"></a>
<h2>continued_indentation</h2>
<b>continued_indentation</b>(<i>logical_line, tokens, indent_level, hang_closing, indent_char, noqa, verbose</i>)
<p>
Continuation lines indentation.
</p><p>
    Continuation lines should align wrapped elements either vertically
    using Python's implicit line joining inside parentheses, brackets
    and braces, or using a hanging indent.
</p><p>
    When using a hanging indent these considerations should be applied:
    - there should be no arguments on the first line, and
    - further indentation should be used to clearly distinguish itself as a
      continuation line.
</p><p>
    Okay: a = (\n)
    E123: a = (\n    )
</p><p>
    Okay: a = (\n    42)
    E121: a = (\n   42)
    E122: a = (\n42)
    E123: a = (\n    42\n    )
    E124: a = (24,\n     42\n)
    E125: if (\n    b):\n    pass
    E126: a = (\n        42)
    E127: a = (24,\n      42)
    E128: a = (24,\n    42)
    E129: if (a or\n    b):\n    pass
    E131: a = (\n    42\n 24)
</p>
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<a NAME="expand_indent" ID="expand_indent"></a>
<h2>expand_indent</h2>
<b>expand_indent</b>(<i>line</i>)
<p>
Return the amount of indentation.
</p><p>
    Tabs are expanded to the next multiple of 8.
</p><p>
    >>> expand_indent('    ')
    4
    >>> expand_indent('\t')
    8
    >>> expand_indent('       \t')
    8
    >>> expand_indent('        \t')
    16
</p>
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<a NAME="explicit_line_join" ID="explicit_line_join"></a>
<h2>explicit_line_join</h2>
<b>explicit_line_join</b>(<i>logical_line, tokens</i>)
<p>
Avoid explicit line join between brackets.
</p><p>
    The preferred way of wrapping long lines is by using Python's implied line
    continuation inside parentheses, brackets and braces.  Long lines can be
    broken over multiple lines by wrapping expressions in parentheses.  These
    should be used in preference to using a backslash for line continuation.
</p><p>
    E502: aaa = [123, \\n       123]
    E502: aaa = ("bbb " \\n       "ccc")
</p><p>
    Okay: aaa = [123,\n       123]
    Okay: aaa = ("bbb "\n       "ccc")
    Okay: aaa = "bbb " \\n    "ccc"
</p>
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<a NAME="extraneous_whitespace" ID="extraneous_whitespace"></a>
<h2>extraneous_whitespace</h2>
<b>extraneous_whitespace</b>(<i>logical_line</i>)
<p>
Avoid extraneous whitespace.
</p><p>
    Avoid extraneous whitespace in these situations:
    - Immediately inside parentheses, brackets or braces.
    - Immediately before a comma, semicolon, or colon.
</p><p>
    Okay: spam(ham[1], {eggs: 2})
    E201: spam( ham[1], {eggs: 2})
    E201: spam(ham[ 1], {eggs: 2})
    E201: spam(ham[1], { eggs: 2})
    E202: spam(ham[1], {eggs: 2} )
    E202: spam(ham[1 ], {eggs: 2})
    E202: spam(ham[1], {eggs: 2 })
</p><p>
    E203: if x == 4: print x, y; x, y = y , x
    E203: if x == 4: print x, y ; x, y = y, x
    E203: if x == 4 : print x, y; x, y = y, x
</p>
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<a NAME="filename_match" ID="filename_match"></a>
<h2>filename_match</h2>
<b>filename_match</b>(<i>filename, patterns, default=True</i>)
<p>
Check if patterns contains a pattern that matches filename.
</p><p>
    If patterns is unspecified, this always returns True.
</p>
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<a NAME="get_parser" ID="get_parser"></a>
<h2>get_parser</h2>
<b>get_parser</b>(<i>prog='pep8', version=__version__</i>)

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<a NAME="imports_on_separate_lines" ID="imports_on_separate_lines"></a>
<h2>imports_on_separate_lines</h2>
<b>imports_on_separate_lines</b>(<i>logical_line</i>)
<p>
Imports should usually be on separate lines.
</p><p>
    Okay: import os\nimport sys
    E401: import sys, os
</p><p>
    Okay: from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
    Okay: from myclas import MyClass
    Okay: from foo.bar.yourclass import YourClass
    Okay: import myclass
    Okay: import foo.bar.yourclass
</p>
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<a NAME="indentation" ID="indentation"></a>
<h2>indentation</h2>
<b>indentation</b>(<i>logical_line, previous_logical, indent_char, indent_level, previous_indent_level</i>)
<p>
Use 4 spaces per indentation level.
</p><p>
    For really old code that you don't want to mess up, you can continue to
    use 8-space tabs.
</p><p>
    Okay: a = 1
    Okay: if a == 0:\n    a = 1
    E111:   a = 1
</p><p>
    Okay: for item in items:\n    pass
    E112: for item in items:\npass
</p><p>
    Okay: a = 1\nb = 2
    E113: a = 1\n    b = 2
</p>
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<a NAME="init_checks_registry" ID="init_checks_registry"></a>
<h2>init_checks_registry</h2>
<b>init_checks_registry</b>(<i></i>)
<p>
Register all globally visible functions.
</p><p>
    The first argument name is either 'physical_line' or 'logical_line'.
</p>
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<a NAME="maximum_line_length" ID="maximum_line_length"></a>
<h2>maximum_line_length</h2>
<b>maximum_line_length</b>(<i>physical_line, max_line_length, multiline</i>)
<p>
Limit all lines to a maximum of 79 characters.
</p><p>
    There are still many devices around that are limited to 80 character
    lines; plus, limiting windows to 80 characters makes it possible to have
    several windows side-by-side.  The default wrapping on such devices looks
    ugly.  Therefore, please limit all lines to a maximum of 79 characters.
    For flowing long blocks of text (docstrings or comments), limiting the
    length to 72 characters is recommended.
</p><p>
    Reports error E501.
</p>
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<a NAME="missing_whitespace" ID="missing_whitespace"></a>
<h2>missing_whitespace</h2>
<b>missing_whitespace</b>(<i>logical_line</i>)
<p>
Each comma, semicolon or colon should be followed by whitespace.
</p><p>
    Okay: [a, b]
    Okay: (3,)
    Okay: a[1:4]
    Okay: a[:4]
    Okay: a[1:]
    Okay: a[1:4:2]
    E231: ['a','b']
    E231: foo(bar,baz)
    E231: [{'a':'b'}]
</p>
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<a NAME="missing_whitespace_around_operator" ID="missing_whitespace_around_operator"></a>
<h2>missing_whitespace_around_operator</h2>
<b>missing_whitespace_around_operator</b>(<i>logical_line, tokens</i>)
<p>
Surround operators with a single space on either side.
</p><p>
    - Always surround these binary operators with a single space on
      either side: assignment (=), augmented assignment (+=, -= etc.),
      comparisons (==, <, >, !=, <=, >=, in, not in, is, is not),
      Booleans (and, or, not).
</p><p>
    - If operators with different priorities are used, consider adding
      whitespace around the operators with the lowest priorities.
</p><p>
    Okay: i = i + 1
    Okay: submitted += 1
    Okay: x = x * 2 - 1
    Okay: hypot2 = x * x + y * y
    Okay: c = (a + b) * (a - b)
    Okay: foo(bar, key='word', *args, **kwargs)
    Okay: alpha[:-i]
</p><p>
    E225: i=i+1
    E225: submitted +=1
    E225: x = x /2 - 1
    E225: z = x **y
    E226: c = (a+b) * (a-b)
    E226: hypot2 = x*x + y*y
    E227: c = a|b
    E228: msg = fmt%(errno, errmsg)
</p>
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<a NAME="mute_string" ID="mute_string"></a>
<h2>mute_string</h2>
<b>mute_string</b>(<i>text</i>)
<p>
Replace contents with 'xxx' to prevent syntax matching.
</p><p>
    >>> mute_string('"abc"')
    '"xxx"'
    >>> mute_string("'''abc'''")
    "'''xxx'''"
    >>> mute_string("r'abc'")
    "r'xxx'"
</p>
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<a NAME="normalize_paths" ID="normalize_paths"></a>
<h2>normalize_paths</h2>
<b>normalize_paths</b>(<i>value, parent=os.curdir</i>)
<p>
Parse a comma-separated list of paths.
</p><p>
    Return a list of absolute paths.
</p>
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<a NAME="parse_udiff" ID="parse_udiff"></a>
<h2>parse_udiff</h2>
<b>parse_udiff</b>(<i>diff, patterns=None, parent='.'</i>)
<p>
Return a dictionary of matching lines.
</p>
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<a NAME="process_options" ID="process_options"></a>
<h2>process_options</h2>
<b>process_options</b>(<i>arglist=None, parse_argv=False, config_file=None, parser=None</i>)
<p>
Process options passed either via arglist or via command line args.
</p>
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<a NAME="python_3000_backticks" ID="python_3000_backticks"></a>
<h2>python_3000_backticks</h2>
<b>python_3000_backticks</b>(<i>logical_line</i>)
<p>
Backticks are removed in Python 3: use repr() instead.
</p><p>
    Okay: val = repr(1 + 2)
    W604: val = `1 + 2`
</p>
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<a NAME="python_3000_has_key" ID="python_3000_has_key"></a>
<h2>python_3000_has_key</h2>
<b>python_3000_has_key</b>(<i>logical_line, noqa</i>)
<p>
The {}.has_key() method is removed in Python 3: use the 'in' operator.
</p><p>
    Okay: if "alph" in d:\n    print d["alph"]
    W601: assert d.has_key('alph')
</p>
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<a NAME="python_3000_not_equal" ID="python_3000_not_equal"></a>
<h2>python_3000_not_equal</h2>
<b>python_3000_not_equal</b>(<i>logical_line</i>)
<p>
New code should always use != instead of <>.
</p><p>
    The older syntax is removed in Python 3.
</p><p>
    Okay: if a != 'no':
    W603: if a <> 'no':
</p>
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<a NAME="python_3000_raise_comma" ID="python_3000_raise_comma"></a>
<h2>python_3000_raise_comma</h2>
<b>python_3000_raise_comma</b>(<i>logical_line</i>)
<p>
When raising an exception, use "raise ValueError('message')".
</p><p>
    The older form is removed in Python 3.
</p><p>
    Okay: raise DummyError("Message")
    W602: raise DummyError, "Message"
</p>
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<a NAME="read_config" ID="read_config"></a>
<h2>read_config</h2>
<b>read_config</b>(<i>options, args, arglist, parser</i>)
<p>
Read both user configuration and local configuration.
</p>
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<a NAME="readlines" ID="readlines"></a>
<h2>readlines</h2>
<b>readlines</b>(<i>filename</i>)
<p>
Read the source code.
</p>
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<hr /><hr />
<a NAME="readlines_1" ID="readlines_1"></a>
<h2>readlines</h2>
<b>readlines</b>(<i>filename</i>)
<p>
Read the source code.
</p>
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<a NAME="register_check" ID="register_check"></a>
<h2>register_check</h2>
<b>register_check</b>(<i>check, codes=None</i>)
<p>
Register a new check object.
</p>
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<a NAME="stdin_get_value" ID="stdin_get_value"></a>
<h2>stdin_get_value</h2>
<b>stdin_get_value</b>(<i></i>)

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<a NAME="tabs_obsolete" ID="tabs_obsolete"></a>
<h2>tabs_obsolete</h2>
<b>tabs_obsolete</b>(<i>physical_line</i>)
<p>
For new projects, spaces-only are strongly recommended over tabs.
</p><p>
    Okay: if True:\n    return
    W191: if True:\n\treturn
</p>
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<a NAME="tabs_or_spaces" ID="tabs_or_spaces"></a>
<h2>tabs_or_spaces</h2>
<b>tabs_or_spaces</b>(<i>physical_line, indent_char</i>)
<p>
Never mix tabs and spaces.
</p><p>
    The most popular way of indenting Python is with spaces only.  The
    second-most popular way is with tabs only.  Code indented with a mixture
    of tabs and spaces should be converted to using spaces exclusively.  When
    invoking the Python command line interpreter with the -t option, it issues
    warnings about code that illegally mixes tabs and spaces.  When using -tt
    these warnings become errors.  These options are highly recommended!
</p><p>
    Okay: if a == 0:\n        a = 1\n        b = 1
    E101: if a == 0:\n        a = 1\n\tb = 1
</p>
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<a NAME="trailing_blank_lines" ID="trailing_blank_lines"></a>
<h2>trailing_blank_lines</h2>
<b>trailing_blank_lines</b>(<i>physical_line, lines, line_number, total_lines</i>)
<p>
Trailing blank lines are superfluous.
</p><p>
    Okay: spam(1)
    W391: spam(1)\n
</p><p>
    However the last line should end with a new line (warning W292).
</p>
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<b>trailing_whitespace</b>(<i>physical_line</i>)
<p>
Trailing whitespace is superfluous.
</p><p>
    The warning returned varies on whether the line itself is blank, for easier
    filtering for those who want to indent their blank lines.
</p><p>
    Okay: spam(1)\n#
    W291: spam(1) \n#
    W293: class Foo(object):\n    \n    bang = 12
</p>
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<b>whitespace_around_comma</b>(<i>logical_line</i>)
<p>
Avoid extraneous whitespace after a comma or a colon.
</p><p>
    Note: these checks are disabled by default
</p><p>
    Okay: a = (1, 2)
    E241: a = (1,  2)
    E242: a = (1,\t2)
</p>
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<b>whitespace_around_keywords</b>(<i>logical_line</i>)
<p>
Avoid extraneous whitespace around keywords.
</p><p>
    Okay: True and False
    E271: True and  False
    E272: True  and False
    E273: True and\tFalse
    E274: True\tand False
</p>
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<b>whitespace_around_named_parameter_equals</b>(<i>logical_line, tokens</i>)
<p>
Don't use spaces around the '=' sign in function arguments.
</p><p>
    Don't use spaces around the '=' sign when used to indicate a
    keyword argument or a default parameter value.
</p><p>
    Okay: def complex(real, imag=0.0):
    Okay: return magic(r=real, i=imag)
    Okay: boolean(a == b)
    Okay: boolean(a != b)
    Okay: boolean(a <= b)
    Okay: boolean(a >= b)
</p><p>
    E251: def complex(real, imag = 0.0):
    E251: return magic(r = real, i = imag)
</p>
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<h2>whitespace_around_operator</h2>
<b>whitespace_around_operator</b>(<i>logical_line</i>)
<p>
Avoid extraneous whitespace around an operator.
</p><p>
    Okay: a = 12 + 3
    E221: a = 4  + 5
    E222: a = 4 +  5
    E223: a = 4\t+ 5
    E224: a = 4 +\t5
</p>
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<b>whitespace_before_comment</b>(<i>logical_line, tokens</i>)
<p>
Separate inline comments by at least two spaces.
</p><p>
    An inline comment is a comment on the same line as a statement.  Inline
    comments should be separated by at least two spaces from the statement.
    They should start with a # and a single space.
</p><p>
    Each line of a block comment starts with a # and a single space
    (unless it is indented text inside the comment).
</p><p>
    Okay: x = x + 1  # Increment x
    Okay: x = x + 1    # Increment x
    Okay: # Block comment
    E261: x = x + 1 # Increment x
    E262: x = x + 1  #Increment x
    E262: x = x + 1  #  Increment x
    E265: #Block comment
</p>
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<h2>whitespace_before_parameters</h2>
<b>whitespace_before_parameters</b>(<i>logical_line, tokens</i>)
<p>
Avoid extraneous whitespace.
</p><p>
    Avoid extraneous whitespace in the following situations:
    - before the open parenthesis that starts the argument list of a
      function call.
    - before the open parenthesis that starts an indexing or slicing.
</p><p>
    Okay: spam(1)
    E211: spam (1)
</p><p>
    Okay: dict['key'] = list[index]
    E211: dict ['key'] = list[index]
    E211: dict['key'] = list [index]
</p>
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