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.. _glossary:
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Glossary of Terms Used in Flake8 Documentation
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.. glossary::
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:sorted:
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formatter
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A :term:`plugin` that augments the output of |Flake8| when passed
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to :option:`flake8 --format`.
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plugin
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A package that is typically installed from PyPI to augment the
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behaviour of |Flake8| either through adding one or more additional
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:term:`check`\ s or providing additional :term:`formatter`\ s.
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check
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A piece of logic that corresponds to an error code. A check may
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be a style check (e.g., check the length of a given line against
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the user configured maximum) or a lint check (e.g., checking for
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unused imports) or some other check as defined by a plugin.
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error
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error code
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The symbol associated with a specific :term:`check`. For example,
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pycodestyle implements :term:`check`\ s that look for whitespace
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around binary operators and will either return an error code of
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``W503`` or ``W504``.
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warning
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Typically the ``W`` class of :term:`error code`\ s from pycodestyle.
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class
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error class
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A larger grouping of related :term:`error code`\ s. For example,
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``W503`` and ``W504`` are two codes related to whitespace. ``W50``
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would be the most specific class of codes relating to whitespace.
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``W`` would be the warning class that subsumes all whitespace
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errors.
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pyflakes
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The project |Flake8| depends upon to lint files (check for unused
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imports, variables, etc.). This uses the ``F`` :term:`class` of
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:term:`error code`\ s reported by |Flake8|.
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