On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Jack Wilsdon <jack.wils...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking for a way to import __version__ / __author__ into my __init__.py > without causing an F401 error. > > Defining __version__ normally works fine: > >> init.py > > __version__ = '1.0.0' > __author__ = 'Jack Wilsdon <jack.wils...@gmail.com> > > But if I define them in an external file and import them, I get an F401 error: > >> __version__.py > > __version__ = '1.0.0' > __author__ = 'Jack Wilsdon <jack.wils...@gmail.com> > >> init.py > > from __version__ import __version__, __author__ # I get an F > >> flake8 __init__.py > > __init__.py:1:1: F401 '__version.__author__' imported but unused > __init__.py:1:1: F401 '__version.__version__' imported but unused > > Is there anything I can do about this? I know I could add "# noqa: F401" to > the end of the import, but it just feels like a bit of a "hack" to me. > > I could also add __version__ and __author__ to __all__ in init.py, but then > they would be imported if anyone used "from my_module import *", which is > definitely not what I want. > > Is this a bug in flake8/pyflakes or just my understanding of how __version__ > and __author__ are exempt from F401 errors normally.
I wouldn't consider it a bug in either. There might be a case for special-casing some dunder variables but it's not really a bug. I'm not sure why you think __version__ and __author__ are exempt from F401 errors normally. F401 means they were imported without being used. If you mean, why don't I see F401 when I define them in __init__.py to start with, then that's because like all module globals, pyflakes does not check to see if it's used later because module constants may not need to be used. _______________________________________________ code-quality mailing list code-quality@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/code-quality
