How do I tell PyLint "it's a variable, not a constant" to stop message C0103?

Question

I have a module-level variable in my Python 2.6 program named "_log", which PyLint complains about:

C0103: Invalid name "_log" (should match (([A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)|(__.*__))$)

Having read this answer I understand why it's doing this: it thinks the variable is a constant and applies the constant regex. However, I beg to differ: I think it's a variable. How do I tell PyLint that, so it doesn't complain? How does PyLint determine whether it's a variable or a constant - does it just treat all module-level variables as constants?

Answer 1

# pylint: disable-msg=C0103 

Put it in the scope where you want these warnings to be ignored. You can also make the above an end-of-line comment, to disable the message only for that line of code.

IIRC it is true that pylint interprets all module-level variables as being 'constants'.

newer versions of pylint will take this line instead

# pylint: disable=C0103 

Answer 2

You can also specify a comma separated list of "good-names" that are always allowed in your pylintrc, eg:

[BASIC]
good-names=_log