pylint: What's wrong with the builtin map()

[Robert Kern]

Tuomas wrote:
> #!/usr/bin/python
> """test pydev_0.9.3/../pylint"""
> __revision__ = "test_mod 0.1 by TV 06/10/22"
> 
> lst = ['aaa', ' bbb', '\tccc\n']
> lst = map(lambda x: x.strip(), lst)
> 
> result = """
> No config file found, using default configuration
> ************* Module test_mod
> W:  6: Used builtin function 'map'
> E:  6: Using variable 'x' before assigment
> ...
> """

In addition to what the others said, note that pylint is entirely configurable. 
If you don't want to be bothered with warnings about map() which you are going 
to ignore, a simple modification to the pylint configuration file will prevent 
it from doing that check.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
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