Ashald/SublimeLinter — comment on commit f16ced20cb38d51d74ba021c770d2c12c8556aef
File: sublimelinter/modules/notes.py line 77
By aparajita:

No, sorry, you can't depend on everyone (or anyone for that matter) following PEP8 commenting guidelines. Also, someone could potentially put a keyword in a doc string, in which case there is no # prefix.

You'll have to use a more flexible algorithm (think regular expressions) to strip the prefix.