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Understanding Python Linters Through a Comprehensive and Empirical Study

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A study of five Python linters (Ruff, Pylint, Flake8, Mypy, Black) examines 1,551 linting rules, their overlap, runtime speed on 1,000 GitHub projects, configuration methods and options, and how 3,094 projects use them.

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