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On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> w=
rote:
>> The pylint message that always irked me was:
>>
>>     W0142: Used * or ** magic
>>
>> "magic"? They're features of the language!
>
> It's a warning, because the use of that feature clobbers the static code
> inspection you've asked for. PyLint is warning you =E2=80=9Cbecause the c=
ode
> uses this feature, I can't say anything about undefined names=E2=80=9D.

Then that ought surely to be an informational? It's not saying there's
a problem in your code, it's pointing out that it can't check.

Either that, or warnings from PyLint are all low-grade and should be ignore=
d.

ChrisA