[code-quality] Custom pylint checkers for Python 2/3 compatibility

[Brett Cannon]

On Fri Aug 08 2014 at 2:59:04 PM Claudiu Popa <pcmanticore at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 9:09 PM, Brett Cannon <bcannon at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I just realized I should have checked setup.py to see if 2to3 was being
> > used, which it is. =) So it seems that I will have to port Pylint over
> to a
> > Python 2/3 source-compatible code base in order to pass any checks with
> my
> > set of checkers against Pylint itself. Is that okay? And if so what
> Python
> > version support is required (Tox file suggests 2.7, 3.2-3.4)?
> >
>
>
> Right now, Pylint 1.3 is the last version which supports 2.5 and 2.6
> and starting with Pylint 1.4, which will be released really soon, it
> will support only 2.7-3.4. So having a Python 2/3 source-compatible
> base is the way to go for the near future. I believe we'll drop 2to3
> as well. A pull request for this will be appreciated. :-)
>

Any issue if I just make it part of my Python 3 checker pull request? It's
obviously easier when I have my own checkers to make sure I'm not screwing
it up. =)
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