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"""exceptions handling (raising, catching, exceptions classes) checker
"""
import sys
from logilab.common.compat import builtins
BUILTINS_NAME = builtins.__name__
import astroid
from astroid import YES, Instance, unpack_infer
from pylint.checkers import BaseChecker
from pylint.checkers.utils import is_empty, is_raising, check_messages
from pylint.interfaces import IAstroidChecker
def infer_bases(klass):
""" Fully infer the bases of the klass node.
This doesn't use .ancestors(), because we need
the non-inferable nodes (YES nodes),
which can't be retrieved from .ancestors()
"""
for base in klass.bases:
try:
inferit = base.infer().next()
except astroid.InferenceError:
continue
if inferit is YES:
yield inferit
else:
for base in infer_bases(inferit):
yield base
PY3K = sys.version_info >= (3, 0)
OVERGENERAL_EXCEPTIONS = ('Exception',)
MSGS = {
'E0701': ('Bad except clauses order (%s)',
'bad-except-order',
'Used when except clauses are not in the correct order (from the '
'more specific to the more generic). If you don\'t fix the order, '
'some exceptions may not be catched by the most specific handler.'),
'E0702': ('Raising %s while only classes, instances or string are allowed',
'raising-bad-type',
'Used when something which is neither a class, an instance or a \
string is raised (i.e. a `TypeError` will be raised).'),
'E0703': ('Exception context set to something which is not an '
'exception, nor None',
'bad-exception-context',
'Used when using the syntax "raise ... from ...", '
'where the exception context is not an exception, '
'nor None.',
{'minversion': (3, 0)}),
'E0710': ('Raising a new style class which doesn\'t inherit from BaseException',
'raising-non-exception',
'Used when a new style class which doesn\'t inherit from \
BaseException is raised.'),
'E0711': ('NotImplemented raised - should raise NotImplementedError',
'notimplemented-raised',
'Used when NotImplemented is raised instead of \
NotImplementedError'),
'E0712': ('Catching an exception which doesn\'t inherit from BaseException: %s',
'catching-non-exception',
'Used when a class which doesn\'t inherit from \
BaseException is used as an exception in an except clause.'),
'W0701': ('Raising a string exception',
'raising-string',
'Used when a string exception is raised.'),
'W0702': ('No exception type(s) specified',
'bare-except',
'Used when an except clause doesn\'t specify exceptions type to \
catch.'),
'W0703': ('Catching too general exception %s',
'broad-except',
'Used when an except catches a too general exception, \
possibly burying unrelated errors.'),
'W0704': ('Except doesn\'t do anything',
'pointless-except',
'Used when an except clause does nothing but "pass" and there is\
no "else" clause.'),
'W0710': ('Exception doesn\'t inherit from standard "Exception" class',
'nonstandard-exception',
'Used when a custom exception class is raised but doesn\'t \
inherit from the builtin "Exception" class.',
{'maxversion': (3, 0)}),
'W0711': ('Exception to catch is the result of a binary "%s" operation',
'binary-op-exception',
'Used when the exception to catch is of the form \
"except A or B:". If intending to catch multiple, \
rewrite as "except (A, B):"'),
'W0712': ('Implicit unpacking of exceptions is not supported in Python 3',
'unpacking-in-except',
'Python3 will not allow implicit unpacking of exceptions in except '
'clauses. '
'See http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3110/',
{'maxversion': (3, 0)}),
'W0713': ('Indexing exceptions will not work on Python 3',
'indexing-exception',
'Indexing exceptions will not work on Python 3. Use '
'`exception.args[index]` instead.',
{'maxversion': (3, 0)}),
}
if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
EXCEPTIONS_MODULE = "exceptions"
else:
EXCEPTIONS_MODULE = "builtins"
class ExceptionsChecker(BaseChecker):
"""checks for
* excepts without exception filter
* type of raise argument : string, Exceptions, other values
"""
__implements__ = IAstroidChecker
name = 'exceptions'
msgs = MSGS
priority = -4
options = (('overgeneral-exceptions',
{'default' : OVERGENERAL_EXCEPTIONS,
'type' :'csv', 'metavar' : '<comma-separated class names>',
'help' : 'Exceptions that will emit a warning '
'when being caught. Defaults to "%s"' % (
', '.join(OVERGENERAL_EXCEPTIONS),)}
),
)
@check_messages('raising-string', 'nonstandard-exception', 'raising-bad-type',
'raising-non-exception', 'notimplemented-raised', 'bad-exception-context')
def visit_raise(self, node):
"""visit raise possibly inferring value"""
# ignore empty raise
if node.exc is None:
return
if PY3K and node.cause:
try:
cause = node.cause.infer().next()
except astroid.InferenceError:
pass
else:
if cause is YES:
return
if isinstance(cause, astroid.Const):
if cause.value is not None:
self.add_message('bad-exception-context',
node=node)
elif (not isinstance(cause, astroid.Class) and
not inherit_from_std_ex(cause)):
self.add_message('bad-exception-context',
node=node)
expr = node.exc
if self._check_raise_value(node, expr):
return
else:
try:
value = unpack_infer(expr).next()
except astroid.InferenceError:
return
self._check_raise_value(node, value)
def _check_raise_value(self, node, expr):
"""check for bad values, string exception and class inheritance
"""
value_found = True
if isinstance(expr, astroid.Const):
value = expr.value
if isinstance(value, str):
self.add_message('raising-string', node=node)
else:
self.add_message('raising-bad-type', node=node,
args=value.__class__.__name__)
elif (isinstance(expr, astroid.Name) and \
expr.name in ('None', 'True', 'False')) or \
isinstance(expr, (astroid.List, astroid.Dict, astroid.Tuple,
astroid.Module, astroid.Function)):
self.add_message('raising-bad-type', node=node, args=expr.name)
elif ((isinstance(expr, astroid.Name) and expr.name == 'NotImplemented')
or (isinstance(expr, astroid.CallFunc) and
isinstance(expr.func, astroid.Name) and
expr.func.name == 'NotImplemented')):
self.add_message('notimplemented-raised', node=node)
elif isinstance(expr, astroid.BinOp) and expr.op == '%':
self.add_message('raising-string', node=node)
elif isinstance(expr, (Instance, astroid.Class)):
if isinstance(expr, Instance):
expr = expr._proxied
if (isinstance(expr, astroid.Class) and
not inherit_from_std_ex(expr) and
expr.root().name != BUILTINS_NAME):
if expr.newstyle:
self.add_message('raising-non-exception', node=node)
else:
self.add_message('nonstandard-exception', node=node)
else:
value_found = False
else:
value_found = False
return value_found
@check_messages('unpacking-in-except')
def visit_excepthandler(self, node):
"""Visit an except handler block and check for exception unpacking."""
if isinstance(node.name, (astroid.Tuple, astroid.List)):
self.add_message('unpacking-in-except', node=node)
@check_messages('indexing-exception')
def visit_subscript(self, node):
""" Look for indexing exceptions. """
try:
for infered in node.value.infer():
if not isinstance(infered, astroid.Instance):
continue
if inherit_from_std_ex(infered):
self.add_message('indexing-exception', node=node)
except astroid.InferenceError:
return
@check_messages('bare-except', 'broad-except', 'pointless-except',
'binary-op-exception', 'bad-except-order',
'catching-non-exception')
def visit_tryexcept(self, node):
"""check for empty except"""
exceptions_classes = []
nb_handlers = len(node.handlers)
for index, handler in enumerate(node.handlers):
# single except doing nothing but "pass" without else clause
if is_empty(handler.body) and not node.orelse:
self.add_message('pointless-except', node=handler.type or handler.body[0])
if handler.type is None:
if not is_raising(handler.body):
self.add_message('bare-except', node=handler)
# check if a "except:" is followed by some other
# except
if index < (nb_handlers - 1):
msg = 'empty except clause should always appear last'
self.add_message('bad-except-order', node=node, args=msg)
elif isinstance(handler.type, astroid.BoolOp):
self.add_message('binary-op-exception', node=handler, args=handler.type.op)
else:
try:
excs = list(unpack_infer(handler.type))
except astroid.InferenceError:
continue
for exc in excs:
# XXX skip other non class nodes
if exc is YES or not isinstance(exc, astroid.Class):
continue
exc_ancestors = [anc for anc in exc.ancestors()
if isinstance(anc, astroid.Class)]
for previous_exc in exceptions_classes:
if previous_exc in exc_ancestors:
msg = '%s is an ancestor class of %s' % (
previous_exc.name, exc.name)
self.add_message('bad-except-order', node=handler.type, args=msg)
if (exc.name in self.config.overgeneral_exceptions
and exc.root().name == EXCEPTIONS_MODULE
and not is_raising(handler.body)):
self.add_message('broad-except', args=exc.name, node=handler.type)
if (not inherit_from_std_ex(exc) and
exc.root().name != BUILTINS_NAME):
# try to see if the exception is based on a C based
# exception, by infering all the base classes and
# looking for inference errors
bases = infer_bases(exc)
fully_infered = all(inferit is not YES
for inferit in bases)
if fully_infered:
self.add_message('catching-non-exception',
node=handler.type,
args=(exc.name, ))
exceptions_classes += excs
def inherit_from_std_ex(node):
"""return true if the given class node is subclass of
exceptions.Exception
"""
if node.name in ('Exception', 'BaseException') \
and node.root().name == EXCEPTIONS_MODULE:
return True
for parent in node.ancestors(recurs=False):
if inherit_from_std_ex(parent):
return True
return False
def register(linter):
"""required method to auto register this checker"""
linter.register_checker(ExceptionsChecker(linter))