Nested indents are not correctly validated
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Description
Indentation in nested structures such as
foo(very_long_name_of_first_argument, [
'item1', 'item2', 'item3'])
are not marked as incorrect.
Even though PEP8 doesn't explicitly states this case, it's clear conflict of two indentations - outer (function args) and inner (second argument).
Correctly should be aligned
foo(very_long_name_of_first_argument,
['item1', 'item2', 'item3'])
or
foo(very_long_name_of_first_argument, [
'item1',
'item2',
'item3',
])
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Research direction
The repository is a single Python file, but the issue names no specific file or test. Locate the indentation-validation logic, reproduce the nested examples, and add regression coverage showing that the incorrect nesting is rejected while the two aligned forms remain accepted.
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- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
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- 1-2 days
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