Pylint message template overridden by linter

Environment data

VS Code version: 1.18.1 Python Extension version: 0.8.0 Python Version: 3.6.3 OS and version: Fedora 26

Actual behavior

I was trying to set the --msg-template argument in python.linting.pylintArgs, but found that there were, surprisingly, no changes in the VS Code linter pop-ups or console output.

Oluwafemi Sule pointed out in his answer to my StackOverflow question that the message template is actually hardcoded into the linter for Pylint.

Expected behavior

I would have expected that passing in a --msg-template argument would have allowed me to change the format of the Pylint messages in the linter.

As a side note, it appears the Pylint project favors using the message symbol (e.g. ‘trailing-whitespace’) over the message msg_id (e.g. ‘C0303’) that is currently used in Visual Studio Code, per the examples in its documentation its default message template since pylint 1.0, and this FAQ answer.

[DonJayamanne]

We could improve the linter message to include the message symbol (e.g. ‘trailing-whitespace’)

[brettcannon]

I think it’s a reasonable idea to include the human-readable message since Pylint has been slowly shifting that way itself.