Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Terry Reedy Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Pylint prefers list comprehension over filter... Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 15:34:06 -0400 Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <572BF2BF.6000000@icloud.com> <1462498631.232041.599637409.25D91C08@webmail.messagingengine.com> <572E3F53.5010703@icloud.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de /8zhnozoUwwLsoOvKnye+wx+r018la14MNbwRIv6hZEA== Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.004 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'guido': 0.05; 'ignored': 0.05; 'subject:skip:c 10': 0.07; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'bug': 0.10; 'jan': 0.11; "'bad": 0.16; '(1.6)': 0.16; 'anymore': 0.16; 'manner,': 0.16; 'objection': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'rejected.': 0.16; 'sad': 0.16; 'such,': 0.16; 'valid.': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'issue.': 0.20; 'developers.': 0.22; 'trying': 0.22; 'am,': 0.23; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'subject:list': 0.26; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.26; 'least': 0.27; 'towards': 0.28; 'ago': 0.29; "we're": 0.30; 'core': 0.32; 'reported': 0.32; 'impression': 0.33; 'know.': 0.34; 'next': 0.35; 'false': 0.35; 'comment': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'instead': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'being': 0.37; 'agree': 0.37; 'received:org': 0.37; 'hiring': 0.37; 'release': 0.37; 'wanted': 0.37; "won't": 0.38; 'feedback': 0.38; 'someone': 0.38; 'thank': 0.38; 'rather': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'some': 0.40; 'group,': 0.60; 'your': 0.60; 'received:96': 0.63; 'different': 0.63; 'managers': 0.63; 'you.': 0.64; 'evaluate': 0.72; 'score': 0.76; 'applicants': 0.83; 'mistaken': 0.84; 'subject:over': 0.84; 'received:fios.verizon.net': 0.91; 'enhancement': 0.96 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-96-227-207-81.phlapa.fios.verizon.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.0 In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-Mailman-Original-Message-ID: X-Mailman-Original-References: <572BF2BF.6000000@icloud.com> <1462498631.232041.599637409.25D91C08@webmail.messagingengine.com> <572E3F53.5010703@icloud.com> Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:108486 On 5/10/2016 9:51 AM, Claudiu Popa wrote: > Thank you for letting us know. While pylint is indeed > opinionated in some cases, we're not trying to be > "arrogant", as you put it, towards Guido or the other core > developers. What's sad in this particular case is that the > feedback had to come in rather a harsh manner, on this group, > instead of being reported as a bug or an enhancement on pylint's > bug tracker. My impression is that the objection to 'bad builtin' was communicated somehow to someone involved with PyLint at least a year ago and ignored or outright rejected. But I don't remember details. I might be mistaken or have been given false information. > Anyway, I wanted to tell you that I agree with your opinion > regarding that message and as such, it is removed and won't be > emitted anymore in the next release (1.6) Then my harsh comment re pylint is not currently valid. Thank you. Hiring managers misusing the score to evaluate applicants is a different issue. -- Terry Jan Reedy