from logilab import astng from pylint.interfaces import IASTNGChecker from pylint.checkers import BaseChecker from pylint.checkers.utils import safe_infer class ExceptionMessageChecker(BaseChecker): __implements__ = IASTNGChecker name = 'Exception Messages' msgs = \ {'R9901': ('Exception raised without arguments', 'Used when an exception is raised without any arguments')} options = ( ('exceptions-without-args', dict(default=('NotImplementedError',), type='csv', metavar='', help='List of exception names that may be raised without arguments')),) # this is important so that your checker is executed before others priority = -1 def visit_raise(self, node): if node.exc is None: return if isinstance(node.exc, astng.Name): raised = safe_infer(node.exc) if (isinstance(raised, astng.Class) and raised.name not in self.config.exceptions_without_args): self.add_message('R9901', node=node.exc) def register(linter): """required method to auto register this checker""" linter.register_checker(ExceptionMessageChecker(linter))