E731 false negatives
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Description
a = lambda x: x # Raises E731
a = (
lambda x: x
) # Doesn't raise E731
a, b = lambda x: x, lambda y: y # Doesn't raise E731
a, b = 1, lambda y: y # Doesn't raise E731
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Use the four Python snippets in the issue as reproduction cases and inspect the repository's E731 implementation in its single Python file. Compare which assignments are reported and which are missed, then run the existing test suite to verify that the false-negative cases are covered and corrected.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100