flake8-2020 1.8.1
flake8 plugin which checks for misuse of `sys.version` or `sys.version_info`
License: MIT
Requires Python: >=3.8

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flake8-2020
===========

flake8 plugin which checks for misuse of `sys.version` or `sys.version_info`

this will become a problem when `python3.10` or `python4.0` exists (presumably
during the year 2020).

you might also find an early build of [python3.10] useful

[python3.10]: https://github.com/asottile/python3.10

## installation

```bash
pip install flake8-2020
```

## flake8 codes

| Code   | Description                                            |
|--------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| YTT101 | `sys.version[:3]` referenced (python3.10)              |
| YTT102 | `sys.version[2]` referenced (python3.10)               |
| YTT103 | `sys.version` compared to string (python3.10)          |
| YTT201 | `sys.version_info[0] == 3` referenced (python4)        |
| YTT202 | `six.PY3` referenced (python4)                         |
| YTT203 | `sys.version_info[1]` compared to integer (python4)    |
| YTT204 | `sys.version_info.minor` compared to integer (python4) |
| YTT301 | `sys.version[0]` referenced (python10)                 |
| YTT302 | `sys.version` compared to string (python10)            |
| YTT303 | `sys.version[:1]` referenced (python10)                |

## rationale

lots of code incorrectly references the `sys.version` and `sys.version_info`
members.  in particular, this will cause some issues when the version of python
after python3.9 is released.  my current recommendation is 3.10 since I believe
it breaks less code, here's a few patterns that will cause issues:

```python
# in python3.10 this will report as '3.1' (should be '3.10')
python_version = sys.version[:3]  # YTT101
# in python3.10 this will report as '1' (should be '10')
py_minor = sys.version[2]
# in python3.10 this will be False (which goes against developer intention)
sys.version >= '3.5'  # YTT103


# correct way to do this
python_version = '{}.{}'.format(*sys.version_info)
py_minor = str(sys.version_info[1])
sys.version_info >= (3, 5)
```

```python
# in python4 this will report as `False` (and suddenly run python2 code!)
is_py3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3  # YTT201

# in python4 this will report as `False` (six violates YTT201!)
if six.PY3:  # YTT202
    print('python3!')

if sys.version_info[0] >= 3 and sys.version_info[1] >= 5:  # YTT203
    print('py35+')

if sys.version_info.major >= 3 and sys.version_info.minor >= 6:  # YTT204
    print('py36+')

# correct way to do this
is_py3 = sys.version_info >= (3,)

if not six.PY2:
    print('python3!')

if sys.version_info >= (3, 5):
    print('py35+')

if sys.version_info >= (3, 6):
    print('py36+')
```

```python
# in python10 this will report as '1'
python_major_version = sys.version[0]  # YTT301
# in python10 this will be False
if sys.version >= '3':  # YTT302
    print('python3!')
# in python10 this will be False
if sys.version[:1] >= '3':  # YTT303
    print('python3!')


# correct way to do this
python_major_version = str(sys.version_info[0])

if sys.version_info >= (3,):
    print('python3!')

if sys.version_info >= (3,):
    print('python3!')
```

## as a pre-commit hook

See [pre-commit](https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit) for instructions

Sample `.pre-commit-config.yaml`:

```yaml
-   repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
    rev: 3.7.8
    hooks:
    -   id: flake8
        additional_dependencies: [flake8-2020==1.6.1]
```