[Python-projects] __init__ method from a non direct base class <logilab.astng.Yes object at 0xb7f8392c> is called

[Barry Scott]

Alexandre Fayolle wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 02:25:19PM +0000, Barry Scott wrote:
>   
>> Using pylint 0.12.1 I see a lot of these messages:
>>
>> W0233:1731:ActionItemEdit.__init__: __init__ method from a non direct 
>> base class <logilab.astng.Yes object at 0xb7f8392c> is called
>>
>> pylint is clear very broken. I found a email to this list in august from 
>> Skip Montano reporting
>> the problem. Give that pylint is unusable with this bug in place I'm 
>> surprised that the lastest
>> released kit contains this show stopper bug.
>>     
>
> If you read the recent archives you will see that this has been
> discussed, and it looks like it is a pygtk issue. 
>
> http://lists.logilab.org/pipermail/python-projects/2006-November/001002.html
>
> But since you provide no context, it is hard to tell if this is the
> case. 
>   
My code does not use gtk. It is pure python (except for the extensions 
that ship
with python 2.4 itself).
> Thank *you* for helping us to see how important the issue is to you.
> Next time, try to be more helpful by providing a context to your bug
> report. And typing "please" and "thanks" probably won't tear your
> fingers apart will it? 
>
>   
Please accept my apologies, I should know better.

The code I'm running pylint against is very big it may take me a while 
to get a small
example that duplicate the error.

Are there other situations that generate this false positive message?

Barry