REQ: Should handle unexpanded wildcards from commandline (Windows)
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Description
pyflakes should handle unexpanded wildcards (via glob() or so) from commandline
pyflakes abc*.py
( 'abc*.py' in sys.argv )
(e.g. on Windows, where there is no shell expansion)
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Research direction
Start by locating pyflakes' command-line argument handling and how it processes paths from sys.argv. Reproduce the abc*.py example on Windows or with an unexpanded wildcard, then verify that matching Python files are checked while existing command-line behavior remains intact.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100