A simple flake8 plugin that forbids the usage of print, breakpoint and pdb.set_trace functions in production code.

• python 3.10+
• flake8

• black
• flake8
• pytest

pip install flake8-debug
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git clone [email protected]:vyahello/flake8-debug.git
cd flake8-debug
python3 -m venv venv 
. venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .

• DB100 - print function is detected.
• DB200 - breakpoint function is detected.
• DB201 - breakpointhook function is detected.
• DB300 - set_trace function is detected.

# foo.py
import pdb
from pdb import set_trace
from sys import breakpointhook


def bar(*a):
    print(a)
    breakpoint()
    breakpointhook()
    set_trace()
    pdb.set_trace()

flake8 foo.py

foo.py:7:5: DB100 print() function usage is detected
foo.py:8:5: DB200 breakpoint() function usage is detected
foo.py:9:5: DB201 breakpointhook() function usage is detected
foo.py:10:5: DB300 set_trace() function usage is detected
foo.py:11:5: DB300 set_trace() function usage is detected

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Please run the following script to start plugin tests:

pytest 

To be able to run code analysis, please execute command below:

./analyse-source-code.sh

Author – Vladimir Yahello.

Distributed under the MIT license. See license for more information.

You can reach out me at:

• [email protected]
• https://twitter.com/vyahello
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/volodymyr-yahello-821746127

I would highly appreciate any contribution and support. If you are interested to add your ideas into project please follow next simple steps:

1. Clone the repository
2. Configure git for the first time after cloning with your name and email
3. pip install -r requirements.txt to install all project dependencies
4. pip install -r requirements-dev.txt to install all development project dependencies
5. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/fooBar)
6. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some fooBar')
7. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/fooBar)
8. Create a new Pull Request

All recent activities and ideas are described at project issues page. If you have ideas you want to change/implement please do not hesitate and create an issue.

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