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  What's New In Pylint 1.2
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Release date: 2014-04-30

* Restore the ability to specify the init-hook option via the
  configuration file, which was accidentally broken in 1.2.0.

* Add a new warning [bad-continuation] for badly indented continued
  lines.

* Emit :ref:`assignment-from-none` when the function contains bare returns.

  Closes BitBucket #191

* Added a new warning for closing over variables that are
  defined in loops.

  Closes BitBucket #176

* Do not warn about \u escapes in string literals when Unicode literals
  are used for Python 2.*.

  Closes BitBucket #151

* Extend the checking for :ref:`unbalanced-tuple-unpacking` and
  :ref:`unpacking-non-sequence` to instance attribute unpacking as well.

* Fix explicit checking of python script (1.2 regression)

  Closes #219

* Restore --init-hook, renamed accidentally into --init-hooks in 1.2.0

  Closes #211

* Add 'indexing-exception' warning, which detects that indexing
  an exception occurs in Python 2 (behaviour removed in Python 3).


What's New in Pylint 1.2.0?
===========================
Release date: 2014-04-18

* Pass the current python paths to pylint process when invoked via
  epylint.

  Closes BitBucket #133.

* Add -i / --include-ids and -s / --symbols back as completely ignored
  options.

  Closes BitBucket #180.

* Extend the number of cases in which logging calls are detected.

  Closes BitBucket #182.

* Improve pragma handling to not detect pylint:* strings in non-comments.

  Closes BitBucket #79.

* Do not crash with UnknownMessage if an unknown message ID/name appears
  in disable or enable in the configuration. Patch by Cole Robinson.

  Closes BitBucket #170

* Add new warning :ref:`eval-used`, checking that the builtin function ``eval`` was used.

* Make it possible to show a naming hint for invalid name by setting
  include-naming-hint. Also make the naming hints configurable.

  Closes BitBucket #138

* Added support for enforcing multiple, but consistent name styles for
  different name types inside a single module; based on a patch written
  by morbo@google.com.

* Also warn about empty docstrings on overridden methods; contributed
  by sebastianu@google.com.

* Also inspect arguments to constructor calls, and emit relevant
  warnings; contributed by sebastianu@google.com.

* Added a new configuration option logging-modules to make the list
  of module names that can be checked for :ref:`logging-not-lazy` et. al.
  configurable; contributed by morbo@google.com.

* ensure init-hooks is evaluated before other options, notably load-plugins

  Closes #166

* Python 2.5 support restored: fixed small issues preventing pylint to run
  on python 2.5.

  Closes BitBucket #50
  Closes BitBucket #62

* pylint doesn't crash when looking for :ref:`used-before-assignment` in context manager assignments.

  Closes BitBucket #128

* Add new warning, :ref:`bad-reversed-sequence`, for checking that the
  reversed() builtin receive a sequence (implements ``__getitem__`` and ``__len__``,
  without being a dict or a dict subclass) or an instance which implements
  ``__reversed__``.

* Mark ``file`` as a bad function when using python2

  Closes #8

* Add new warning :ref:`bad-exception-context`, checking
  that ``raise ... from ...`` uses a proper exception context
  (None or an exception).

* Enhance the check for :ref:`used-before-assignment` to look
  for 'nonlocal' uses.

* Emit :ref:`undefined-all-variable` if a package's __all__
  variable contains a missing submodule.

  Closes #126

* Add a new warning :ref:`abstract-class-instantiated` for checking
  that abstract classes created with ``abc`` module and
  with abstract methods are instantiated.

* Do not warn about :ref:`return-arg-in-generator` in Python 3.3+.

* Do not warn about :ref:`abstract-method` when the abstract method
  is implemented through assignment

  Closes #155

* Improve cyclic import detection in the case of packages, patch by Buck Golemon

* Add new warnings for checking proper class __slots__:
  ``invalid-slots-object`` and ``invalid-slots``.

* Search for rc file in `~/.config/pylintrc` if `~/.pylintrc`
  doesn't exists

  Closes #121

* Don't register the new style checker w/ python >= 3

* Fix :ref:`unused-import` false positive w/ augment assignment

  Closes #78

* Fix :ref:`access-member-before-definition` false negative wrt aug assign

  Closes #164

* Do not attempt to analyze non python file, e.g. .so file

  Closes #122
