.. _use-symbolic-message-instead:

use-symbolic-message-instead / I0023
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**Message emitted:**

``%s``

**Description:**

*Used when a message is enabled or disabled by id.*

.. caution::
  This message is disabled by default. To enable it, add ``use-symbolic-message-instead`` to the ``enable`` option.


.. caution::
  By default, this message will not fail the execution (pylint will return 0).
  To make pylint fail for this message use the ``--fail-on=I0023`` option
  or ``--fail-on=I`` to fail on all enabled informational messages.


**Problematic code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/u/use-symbolic-message-instead/bad.py
   :language: python

**Correct code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/u/use-symbolic-message-instead/good.py
   :language: python





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