[pylint] why pylint wants only capitals identifiers?

[Jean-Michel Pichavant]

Giacomo Boffi wrote:
> i have this code
>
> def example(a):
>     return lambda b: a+b+1
>
> fun = example(10)
> k_1 = fun(7)
> ...
>
> and pylint tells me
>
> [...]
> C:  4: Invalid name "fun" (should match (([A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)|(__.*__))$)
> C:  5: Invalid name "k_1" (should match (([A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)|(__.*__))$)
> [...]
>
> afaict, [A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]* identifiers should be used for constants, and
> i don't think of fun or k_1 as constants... what's going on?
>
> tia,
>                                                                 g
>   
Pylint default rules need some tuning, it's highly configurable for that 
purpose.
Some ppl like to think 'module variables' are constants thus should be 
upper case. If you disagree with that statement like I do, you can 
simply rewrite the regexp for module variables.

However, given you example, you should not insert code execution at you 
module level, unless it's required only at the module import. I dont 
know what is your module purpose but I bet it has no legitimate 
attribute 'fun'.

JM