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the user configured maximum) or a lint check (e.g., checking for
unused imports) or some other check as defined by a plugin.
+ error
error code
The symbol associated with a specific :term:`check`. For example,
pycodestyle implements :term:`check`\ s that look for whitespace
around binary operators and will either return an error code of
- W503 or W504.
+ ``W503`` or ``W504``.
+
+ warning
+ Typically the ``W`` class of :term:`error code`\ s from pycodestyle.
+
+ class
+ error class
+ A larger grouping of related :term:`error code`\ s. For example,
+ ``W503`` and ``W504`` are two codes related to whitespace. ``W50``
+ would be the most specific class of codes relating to whitespace.
+ ``W`` would be the warning class that subsumes all whitespace
+ errors.
+
+ pyflakes
+ The project |Flake8| depends upon to lint files (check for unused
+ imports, variables, etc.). This uses the ``F`` :term:`class` of
+ :term:`error code`\ s reported by |Flake8|.