(C) convention, for programming standard violation

(R) refactor, for bad code smell

(W) warning, for python specific problems

(E) error, for much probably bugs in the code

(F) fatal, if an error occurred which prevented pylint from doing

#!/usr/bin/python

'''Convert a file to a all upper case file.

'''

__author__ = "Lin Chen"
__version__ = "0.1"

from m1 import convertRead, convertWrite;
from m2 import upper;
import sys;

def main():
    '''Convert all characters in a file to upper case and save it.

    Raises:
        IOError: input file cannot be openned, or output file cannot be created.

    '''
    if len(sys.argv) != 3:
        print 'python convert.py [inputFile] [outputFile]';
        exit();

    l = convertRead(sys.argv[1]); # read file
    l = upper(l); # convert strings to upper case
    convertWrite(l, sys.argv[2]); # save to output file

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main();
		

pylint convert.py --reports=y

************* Module convert
W: 10, 0: Unnecessary semicolon (unnecessary-semicolon)
W: 11, 0: Unnecessary semicolon (unnecessary-semicolon)
W: 12, 0: Unnecessary semicolon (unnecessary-semicolon)
W: 22, 0: Unnecessary semicolon (unnecessary-semicolon)
W: 23, 0: Unnecessary semicolon (unnecessary-semicolon)
W: 25, 0: Unnecessary semicolon (unnecessary-semicolon)
W: 26, 0: Unnecessary semicolon (unnecessary-semicolon)
W: 27, 0: Unnecessary semicolon (unnecessary-semicolon)
W: 30, 0: Unnecessary semicolon (unnecessary-semicolon)
C: 25, 4: Variable name "l" doesn't conform to snake_case naming style (invalid-name)
C: 26, 4: Variable name "l" doesn't conform to snake_case naming style (invalid-name)
C: 12, 0: standard import "import sys" should be placed before "from m1 import convertRead, convertWrite" (wrong-import-order)


Report
======
14 statements analysed.

Statistics by type
------------------

+---------+-------+-----------+-----------+------------+---------+
|type     |number |old number |difference |%documented |%badname |
+=========+=======+===========+===========+============+=========+
|module   |1      |1          |=          |100.00      |0.00     |
+---------+-------+-----------+-----------+------------+---------+
|class    |0      |0          |=          |0           |0        |
+---------+-------+-----------+-----------+------------+---------+
|method   |0      |0          |=          |0           |0        |
+---------+-------+-----------+-----------+------------+---------+
|function |1      |1          |=          |100.00      |0.00     |
+---------+-------+-----------+-----------+------------+---------+



External dependencies
---------------------
::

    m1 (convert)
    m2 (convert)



Raw metrics
-----------

+----------+-------+------+---------+-----------+
|type      |number |%     |previous |difference |
+==========+=======+======+=========+===========+
|code      |15     |48.39 |15       |=          |
+----------+-------+------+---------+-----------+
|docstring |9      |29.03 |9        |=          |
+----------+-------+------+---------+-----------+
|comment   |1      |3.23  |1        |=          |
+----------+-------+------+---------+-----------+
|empty     |6      |19.35 |6        |=          |
+----------+-------+------+---------+-----------+



Duplication
-----------

+-------------------------+------+---------+-----------+
|                         |now   |previous |difference |
+=========================+======+=========+===========+
|nb duplicated lines      |0     |0        |=          |
+-------------------------+------+---------+-----------+
|percent duplicated lines |0.000 |0.000    |=          |
+-------------------------+------+---------+-----------+



Messages by category
--------------------

+-----------+-------+---------+-----------+
|type       |number |previous |difference |
+===========+=======+=========+===========+
|convention |3      |3        |=          |
+-----------+-------+---------+-----------+
|refactor   |0      |0        |=          |
+-----------+-------+---------+-----------+
|warning    |9      |9        |=          |
+-----------+-------+---------+-----------+
|error      |0      |0        |=          |
+-----------+-------+---------+-----------+



Messages
--------

+----------------------+------------+
|message id            |occurrences |
+======================+============+
|unnecessary-semicolon |9           |
+----------------------+------------+
|invalid-name          |2           |
+----------------------+------------+
|wrong-import-order    |1           |
+----------------------+------------+




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#!/usr/bin/python

'''Convert a file to a all upper case file.

'''

__author__ = "Lin Chen"
__version__ = "0.1"

import sys
from m1 import convertRead, convertWrite
from m2 import upper

def main():
    '''Convert all characters in a file to upper case and save it.

    Raises:
        IOError: input file cannot be openned, or output file cannot be created.

    '''
    if len(sys.argv) != 3:
        print 'python convert.py [inputFile] [outputFile]'
        exit()

    lines_of_file = convertRead(sys.argv[1])  # read file
    upper_lines = upper(lines_of_file)  # convert strings to upper case
    convertWrite(upper_lines, sys.argv[2])  # save to output file

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()
		

pylint convert.py --reports=y

Report
======
14 statements analysed.

Statistics by type
------------------

+---------+-------+-----------+-----------+------------+---------+
|type     |number |old number |difference |%documented |%badname |
+=========+=======+===========+===========+============+=========+
|module   |1      |1          |=          |100.00      |0.00     |
+---------+-------+-----------+-----------+------------+---------+
|class    |0      |0          |=          |0           |0        |
+---------+-------+-----------+-----------+------------+---------+
|method   |0      |0          |=          |0           |0        |
+---------+-------+-----------+-----------+------------+---------+
|function |1      |1          |=          |100.00      |0.00     |
+---------+-------+-----------+-----------+------------+---------+



External dependencies
---------------------
::

    m1 (convert)
    m2 (convert)



Raw metrics
-----------

+----------+-------+------+---------+-----------+
|type      |number |%     |previous |difference |
+==========+=======+======+=========+===========+
|code      |15     |48.39 |15       |=          |
+----------+-------+------+---------+-----------+
|docstring |9      |29.03 |9        |=          |
+----------+-------+------+---------+-----------+
|comment   |1      |3.23  |1        |=          |
+----------+-------+------+---------+-----------+
|empty     |6      |19.35 |6        |=          |
+----------+-------+------+---------+-----------+



Duplication
-----------

+-------------------------+------+---------+-----------+
|                         |now   |previous |difference |
+=========================+======+=========+===========+
|nb duplicated lines      |0     |0        |=          |
+-------------------------+------+---------+-----------+
|percent duplicated lines |0.000 |0.000    |=          |
+-------------------------+------+---------+-----------+



Messages by category
--------------------

+-----------+-------+---------+-----------+
|type       |number |previous |difference |
+===========+=======+=========+===========+
|convention |0      |0        |=          |
+-----------+-------+---------+-----------+
|refactor   |0      |0        |=          |
+-----------+-------+---------+-----------+
|warning    |0      |2        |-2.00      |
+-----------+-------+---------+-----------+
|error      |0      |2        |-2.00      |
+-----------+-------+---------+-----------+




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