Pylint prefers list comprehension over filter...

[Stephen Hansen]

On Sat, May 7, 2016, at 12:17 PM, Christopher Reimer wrote:
> On 5/5/2016 6:37 PM, Stephen Hansen wrote:
> > On Thu, May 5, 2016, at 06:26 PM, Christopher Reimer wrote:
> >> Which is one is correct (Pythonic)? Or does it matter?
> > First, pylint is somewhat opinionated, and its default options shouldn't
> > be taken as gospel. There's no correct: filter is fine.
> 
> Since the code I'm working on is resume fodder (i.e., "Yes, I code in 
> Python! Check out my chess engine code on GitHub!"), I want it to be as 
> Pythonic and PEP8-compliant as possible. That includes scoring 10/10 
> with pylint. Never know when an asshat hiring manager would reject my 
> resume out of hand because my code fell short with pylint.
> 
> For my purposes, I'm using the list comprehension over filter to keep 
> pylint happy.

Bear in mind, when I say, "Pylint is opinionated", I mean the tool --
especially in its default configuration -- has its own opinion of what
is good style, and *I think its wrong on a number of points*. 

Its fine to use, but I'd read over PEP8 (the document, not the tool) and
apply style guide recommendations thoughtfully, not mechanically. 

-- 
Stephen Hansen
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