in pylib/pycodestyle/pycodestyle.py [0:0]
def whitespace_before_comment(logical_line, tokens):
r"""Separate inline comments by at least two spaces.
An inline comment is a comment on the same line as a statement. Inline
comments should be separated by at least two spaces from the statement.
They should start with a # and a single space.
Each line of a block comment starts with a # and a single space
(unless it is indented text inside the comment).
Okay: x = x + 1 # Increment x
Okay: x = x + 1 # Increment x
Okay: # Block comment
E261: x = x + 1 # Increment x
E262: x = x + 1 #Increment x
E262: x = x + 1 # Increment x
E265: #Block comment
E266: ### Block comment
"""
prev_end = (0, 0)
for token_type, text, start, end, line in tokens:
if token_type == tokenize.COMMENT:
inline_comment = line[:start[1]].strip()
if inline_comment:
if prev_end[0] == start[0] and start[1] < prev_end[1] + 2:
yield (prev_end,
"E261 at least two spaces before inline comment")
symbol, sp, comment = text.partition(' ')
bad_prefix = symbol not in '#:' and (symbol.lstrip('#')[:1] or '#')
if inline_comment:
if bad_prefix or comment[:1] in WHITESPACE:
yield start, "E262 inline comment should start with '# '"
elif bad_prefix and (bad_prefix != '!' or start[0] > 1):
if bad_prefix != '#':
yield start, "E265 block comment should start with '# '"
elif comment:
yield start, "E266 too many leading '#' for block comment"
elif token_type != tokenize.NL:
prev_end = end