PyCQA / PyCQA/pycodestyle

E251: triggers on line continuations

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Description

Unless I am missing something this should be allowed by E251. Since E251 is

" E251 unexpected spaces around keyword / parameter equals" and there are no extra spaces here

foo(bar=
    1) 

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Research direction

Start by running pycodestyle against the Python snippet in the issue and locating the E251 diagnostic path in the repository's Python source. Confirm the continuation is incorrectly reported, then add a regression test showing that this valid formatting no longer triggers E251.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
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Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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