linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests/tpm2: Change exception handling to be Python 3 compatible

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Date:   Tue, 14 Apr 2020 19:05:41 +0300
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Ezra Buehler <ezra@...yb.ch>
Cc:     Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...el.com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests/tpm2: Change exception handling to be Python 3
 compatible

On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 01:14:11PM +0200, Ezra Buehler wrote:
> On 14 Apr 2020, at 09:38, Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > OK, I'm aware about the dynamic nature but in this case it is somewhat
> > counter intuitive since it is part of the exception clause. You'd except
> > the Python interpreter to complain.
> 
> I agree.
> 
> > So, is Flake8 like the standard to be used?
> 
> Pretty much, yes. There is also Pylint though. Among other things, they
> both check for PEP 8 (official) coding style compliance.

Thank you for taking time explaining all this. I'll make sure to include
these to my process when I update my test from now on.

/Jarkko