----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kay Hayen" <kay.hayen@gmail.com>
> To: code-quality@python.org
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 10:00:15 AM
> Subject: [code-quality] How to detect unused PyLint declarations
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have coding rules that require me to annotate exceptions to rules
> for PyLint, but occasionally it happens that I find PyLint rules disabled
> that would no longer be necessary.
>
> Is there a way or script, or anything to detect these automatically? I
> was thinking of writing something that removes PyLint disablers one
> by one, and checks if that doesn't generate PyLint warnings, and
> warn about those. Didn't do it so far, but I feel tempted to do this
> now.
>
> However, to PyLint, this might be way more easier to implement, and
> maybe it was done. I cannot find anything in the manpage though.
>
> Yours,
> Kay
>

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This is something I am interested in as well.

It looks like the I0021: Useless suppression of %s warning
should report those cases.

- mulhern

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