consider-using-augmented-assign / R6104

Message emitted:

Use '%s' to do an augmented assign directly

Description:

Emitted when an assignment is referring to the object that it is assigning to. This can be changed to be an augmented assign. Disabled by default!

Caution

This message is disabled by default. To enable it, add consider-using-augmented-assign to the enable option.

Problematic code:

x = 1
x = x + 1  # [consider-using-augmented-assign]

Correct code:

x = 1
x += 1

Configuration file:

[MAIN]
load-plugins=pylint.extensions.code_style
enable=consider-using-augmented-assign

Note

This message is emitted by the optional 'code_style' checker, which requires the pylint.extensions.code_style plugin to be loaded.

Created by the code_style checker.