depends pylint fixes

src/depends.py

@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ PACKAGES = {
 
 
 def detectOS():
+    """Finding out what Operating System is running"""
     if detectOS.result is not None:
         return detectOS.result
     if sys.platform.startswith('openbsd'):
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ detectOS.result = None
 
 
 def detectOSRelease():
+    """Detecting the release of OS"""
     with open("/etc/os-release", 'r') as osRelease:
         version = None
         for line in osRelease:
@@ -148,6 +150,7 @@ def detectOSRelease():
 
 
 def try_import(module, log_extra=False):
+    """Try to import the non imported packages"""
     try:
         return import_module(module)
     except ImportError:
@@ -208,10 +211,8 @@ def check_sqlite():
                 ).fetchone()[0]
                 logger.info('SQLite Library Source ID: %s', sqlite_source_id)
             if sqlite_version_number >= 3006023:
-                compile_options = ', '.join(map(
-                    lambda row: row[0],
-                    conn.execute('PRAGMA compile_options;')
-                ))
+                compile_options = ', '.join(
+                    [row[0] for row in conn.execute('PRAGMA compile_options;')])
                 logger.info(
                     'SQLite Library Compile Options: %s', compile_options)
             # There is no specific version requirement as yet, so we just
@@ -230,13 +231,13 @@ def check_sqlite():
             conn.close()
 
 
-def check_openssl():
+def check_openssl():    # pylint: disable=too-many-branches, too-many-return-statements
     """Do openssl dependency check.
 
     Here we are checking for openssl with its all dependent libraries
     and version checking.
     """
-
+    # pylint: disable=protected-access, redefined-outer-name
     ctypes = try_import('ctypes')
     if not ctypes:
         logger.error('Unable to check OpenSSL.')
@@ -300,7 +301,7 @@ def check_openssl():
                 ' ECDH, and ECDSA enabled.')
             return False
         matches = cflags_regex.findall(openssl_cflags)
-        if len(matches) > 0:
+        if matches:
             logger.error(
                 'This OpenSSL library is missing the following required'
                 ' features: %s. PyBitmessage requires OpenSSL 0.9.8b'
@@ -311,13 +312,13 @@ def check_openssl():
     return False
 
 
-# TODO: The minimum versions of pythondialog and dialog need to be determined
+# ..todo:: The minimum versions of pythondialog and dialog need to be determined
 def check_curses():
     """Do curses dependency check.
 
-    Here we are checking for curses if available or not with check
-    as interface requires the pythondialog <https://pypi.org/project/pythondialog>
-    package and the dialog utility.
+    Here we are checking for curses if available or not with check as interface
+    requires the `pythondialog <https://pypi.org/project/pythondialog>`_ package
+    and the dialog utility.
     """
     if sys.hexversion < 0x20600F0:
         logger.error(

src/helper_ackPayload.py

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-"""This module is for generating ack payload."""
+"""
+This module is for generating ack payload
+"""
+from binascii import hexlify
+from struct import pack
 
 import highlevelcrypto
 import helper_random
-from binascii import hexlify
-from struct import pack
 from addresses import encodeVarint
 
 # This function generates payload objects for message acknowledgements

src/helper_bitcoin.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from pyelliptic import arithmetic
 
 # This function expects that pubkey begin with \x04
 def calculateBitcoinAddressFromPubkey(pubkey):
+    """This function expects that pubkey begin's with the bitcoin prefix"""
     if len(pubkey) != 65:
         print 'Could not calculate Bitcoin address from pubkey because function was passed a pubkey that was', len(pubkey), 'bytes long rather than 65.'
         return "error"

src/helper_inbox.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Helper Inbox performs inbox messages related operations."""
+"""Helper Inbox performs inbox messages related operations"""
 
 from helper_sql import sqlExecute, sqlQuery
 import queues

src/helper_random.py

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-"""Convenience functions for random operations. Not suitable for security / cryptography operations."""
+"""
+Convenience functions for random operations. Not suitable for security / cryptography operations
+"""
 
 import os
 import random

src/helper_sql.py

@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
 SQL-related functions defined here are really pass the queries (or other SQL
 commands) to :class:`.threads.sqlThread` through `sqlSubmitQueue` queue and check
 or return the result got from `sqlReturnQueue`.
-
 This is done that way because :mod:`sqlite3` is so thread-unsafe that they
 won't even let you call it from different threads using your own locks.
 SQLite objects can only be used from one thread.
-
 .. note:: This actually only applies for certain deployments, and/or
    really old version of sqlite. I haven't actually seen it anywhere.
    Current versions do have support for threading and multiprocessing.
@@ -50,6 +48,7 @@ def sqlQuery(sqlStatement, *args):
 
 
 def sqlExecuteChunked(sqlStatement, idCount, *args):
+    """Execute chunked SQL statement to avoid argument limit"""
     # SQLITE_MAX_VARIABLE_NUMBER,
     # unfortunately getting/setting isn't exposed to python
     sqlExecuteChunked.chunkSize = 999