[Python-projects] list of false negatives

[Simon Schampijer]

Sylvain Thénault wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 12:30:38PM +0100, Simon Schampijer wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I try to use pylint in an project where we use gobject, gtk and dbus. 
>> Below I have a list of false negatives I found. Regarding gtk I found 
>> this pointer 
>> (http://lists.logilab.org/pipermail/python-projects/2006-November/001007.html), 
>> but could not find something about the gobject issue. Maybe someone can 
>> comment or provide me with pointers I can look at, thanks.
> 
> i think this is due to a known pb with the way astng is built from
> living object (which is necessary when object is coming from C code):
> if object's __module__ attribute isn't equivalent to the actual (python)
> name of the compiled module, it's missing an important part of available
> information. E.g. since :
> 
>>>> GObject.__module__
> 'gobject'
> 
> while GObject is actually defined in gobject._gobject, and the same
> problem occurs much probably on other objects.
> The simpliest way to fix this is to report a bug on the pygtk tracker.
> 

After asking on irc for a few times with no result I finally reported on 
the pygobject bug tracker:

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=523821

Best,
    Simon