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badochov opened this issue Apr 12, 2019 · 4 comments
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''' block comment ''' String statement has no effect #2864

badochov opened this issue Apr 12, 2019 · 4 comments
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@badochov
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1.'''block comment'''

Current behavior

closing ''' is highligthed with warning String statement has no effect

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it shouldn't be highlighted

pylint --version output
@matkoniecz
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pylint --version output

Note that this part seems to be missing in your issue

@badochov
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2.3.1
astroid 2.2.5
Python 3.7.3 (v3.7.3:ef4ec6ed12, Mar 25 2019, 22:22:05) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)]

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For block comments use the # instead of quotes, pylint does not accept the latter as a form of documentation other than in docstrings.

@PCManticore PCManticore added the Invalid Not a bug, already exists or already fixed label Apr 19, 2019
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I believe this needs to be fixed. Please refer the following tweet:

https://twitter.com/gvanrossum/status/112670605505077248

This was referenced Jan 11, 2021
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