Error: Column start (16) greater than line length (15)

Error: Column start (16) greater than line length (15)
    at Object.rangeFromLineNumber (/Users/miketheman/.atom/packages/linter-flake8/node_modules/atom-linter/lib/index.js:179:11)
    at extractRange (/Users/miketheman/.atom/packages/linter-flake8/lib/main.js:49:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/miketheman/.atom/packages/linter-flake8/lib/main.js:194:25)
    at undefined.next (native)
    at step (/Users/miketheman/.atom/packages/linter-flake8/lib/main.js:9:273)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:103:7)

Using linter-flake8 2.0.0

[ghost]

I have found a decent workaround that will suppress the error and allow linter-flake8 to function without any negative side effects.

Open file: .atom\packages\linter-flake8\node_modules\atom-linter\lib\index.js and scroll down to line # 178

Replace:

if (colStart > lineText.length) { throw new Error(‘Column start (’ + (colStart || 0) + ‘) greater than line length (’ + lineText.length + ‘)’); }

With:

if (colStart > lineText.length) { //throw new Error(‘Column start (’ + (colStart || 0) + ‘) greater than line length (’ + lineText.length + ‘)’); return null; }

Before applying this workaround I was constantly being spammed with the error message discussed in the first post and linter-flake8 would not function at all. However, after applying the aforementioned changes to index.js, I am now using linter-flake8 without any issues.

Disclaimer: This is, at best, a cheap hack to keep things glued together until the project developers are able to update the plugin with a proper fix.

[guillochon]

Error still happening for me with 2.0.2.