flake8_simplify 0.4.1

flake8 plugin which checks for code that can be simpified

flake8-simplify

A flake8 plugin that helps you simplify your code.

Installation

Install with pip:

pip install flake8-simplify

Python 3.6 to 3.8 are supported.

Usage

Just call flake8 . in your package or flake your.py:

$ flake8 .
./foo/__init__.py:690:12: SIM101 Multiple isinstance-calls which can be merged into a single call for variable 'other'

Rules

• SIM101: Multiple isinstance-calls which can be merged into a single call by using a tuple as a second argument.
• SIM102: Use a single if-statement instead of nested if-statements
• SIM103: Return the boolean condition directly
• SIM104: Use 'yield from iterable' (introduced in Python 3.3, see PEP 380)
• SIM105: Use 'contextlib.suppress(...)' instead of try-except-pass
• SIM201: Use 'a != b' instead of 'not a == b'
• SIM202: Use 'a == b' instead of 'not a != b'
• SIM203: Use 'a not in b' instead of 'not (a in b)'
• SIM204: Use 'a >= b' instead of 'not (a < b)'
• SIM205: Use 'a > b' instead of 'not (a <= b)'
• SIM206: Use 'a <= b' instead of 'not (a > b)'
• SIM207: Use 'a < b' instead of 'not (a <= b)'
• SIM208: Use 'a' instead of 'not (not a)'
• SIM210: Use 'bool(a)' instead of 'True if a else False'
• SIM211: Use 'not a' instead of 'False if a else True'

The SIM201 - SIM208 rules have one good reason to be ignored: When you are checking an error condition:

if not correct_condition:
    handle_error()  # e.g. raise Exception

Examples

SIM101

# Bad
isinstance(a, int) or isinstance(a, float)

# Good
isinstance(a, (int, float))

SIM102

# Bad
if a:
    if b:
        c

# Good
if a and b:
    c

SIM201

# Bad
not a == b

# Good
a != b

SIM202

# Bad
not a != b

# Good
a == b

SIM203

# Bad
not a in b

# Good
a not in b

SIM204

# Bad
not a < b

# Good
a >= b

SIM205

# Bad
not a <= b

# Good
a > b

SIM206

# Bad
not a > b

# Good
a <= b

SIM207

# Bad
not a >= b

# Good
a < b

SIM208

# Bad
not (not a)

# Good
a