pylint pkgwhitelist working

Environment data

• VS Code version: 1.29.1
• Extension version (available under the Extensions sidebar): 2018.11.0
• OS and version: Windows 10 Pro, Build 17134
• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): Python 3.7.0 Anaconda 4.5.11
• Type of virtual environment used (N/A | venv | virtualenv | conda | …): N/A + conda
• Relevant/affected Python packages and their versions: pylint 2.2.2

Expected behaviour

When calling pylint test.py --extension-pkg-whitelist=cv2 with test.py looking like so:

import cv2

cv2.imshow()

I obtain the output:

************* Module test
test.py:3:0: C0304: Final newline missing (missing-final-newline)
test.py:1:0: C0111: Missing module docstring (missing-docstring)

Actual behaviour

Trying the same in vscode with settings.json as:

{
    "python.linting.pylintArgs": ["--extension-pkg-whitelist=cv2"]
}

yields in the Python Output:

##########Linting Output - pylint##########
************* Module test
3,0,convention,C0304:Final newline missing
1,0,convention,C0111:Missing module docstring
3,0,error,E1101:Module 'cv2' has no 'imshow' member

Strangely, when changing settings.json to:

{
    "python.linting.pylintArgs": ["--version"]
}

the output is

##########Linting Output - pylint##########
__main__.py 2.2.2
astroid 2.0.4
Python 3.7.0 (default, Jun 28 2018, 08:04:48) [MSC v.1912 64 bit (AMD64)]

The developer console doesn’t seem to give any helpful output.

To fix this I’ve tried completely a complete reinstall of vscode (including removing all extensions and clearing the cache), as well as using the base conda and a complete fresh conda environment. The last thing that would come to mind is an issue with Anaconda, but I’d like to refrain from a fresh Anaconda install if possible.

EDIT: Also holds for torch, so it is not just a cv2 module specific problem but an issue for any dynamically loaded (is this the correct term?) module.

EDIT 2: Didn’t have access to my desktop the last couple of days, but now that I do have access, I am unable to reproduce the issue there. Linting works perfectly fine for both cv2 and torch.

[fschlatt]

Ok, I’ll update the issue if a find a solution.

[brettcannon]

I’m going to assume it’s an odd Pylint issue or a hard-to-diagnose environment issue then since we don’t filter arguments to Pylint so this wouldn’t be caused by us explicitly.

One other option is to try using a .pylintrc file instead of command-line flag to see if that changes things for some reason.