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pythonpylintunused-variables

Silence PyLint warning about unused variables for string interpolation

The say module brings string interpolation to Python, like this:

import say

def f(a):
    return say.fmt("The value of 'a' is {a}")

However, PyLint complains that the variable 'a' is never used. This is a problem because my code uses say.fmt extensively. How can I silence this warning?

Solution

  • Yes, you can silence pylint warnings.

    Here is one way:

    import say

def f(a):
    # pylint: disable=unused-argument
    return say.fmt("The value of 'a' is {a}")

    Alternatively, you can create a config file and add these lines to it:

    [MESSAGES CONTROL]
disable=unused-argument

    Reference: