W191: erroneously checks indentation within triple-quoted strings
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Description
The following code
if True:
print("""
tab at start of this line
""")
produces
test.py:3:1: E101 indentation contains mixed spaces and tabs
test.py:3:1: W191 indentation contains tabs
Both of these are wrong, I believe, because the string content is not part of the program indentation.
python -t does not warn about this either.
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Research direction
No source file or test is named. Reproduce the example with pycodestyle and compare it with python -t; the work is done when indentation inside the triple-quoted string no longer produces E101 or W191 while program indentation is still checked.
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- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
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- 3/5
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- 1-2 days
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- Mostly clear
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