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Make bugbear slightly more polite #298

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7 changes: 4 additions & 3 deletions bugbear.py
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Expand Up @@ -1192,8 +1192,8 @@ def visit_Lambda(self, node):
}
B015 = Error(
message=(
"B015 Pointless comparison. This comparison does nothing but waste "
"CPU instructions. Either prepend `assert` or remove it."
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I personally feel the blunt nature of the message makes it clearer of what the check looks for.
The new message will make people think into it more and possibly over complicate their actions. But open to others thoughts …

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I definitely see the tradeoff here, and agree that the cause of the error should be the first thing the user sees. The aim with the change of wording was to retain that, while softening the order to a suggestion.

"B015 Result of comparison is not used. This line doesn't do"
"anything. Did you intend to prepend it with assert?"
)
)
B016 = Error(
Expand All @@ -1213,7 +1213,8 @@ def visit_Lambda(self, node):
)
B018 = Error(
message=(
"B018 Found useless expression. Either assign it to a variable or remove it."
"B018 Found useless expression. Consider either assigning it to a "
"variable or removing it."
)
)
B019 = Error(
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