Transform constants to variables with Final type hint

[ilnarkhasanov]

According to PEP-0008, constants are usually declared at a module level.

In ast.py, (lines 366-368) we have 2 constants declared in if

if __name__ == '__main__':
    JAVA = sys.argv[1]
    METRICS = sys.argv[2]

The idea behind it is clear: JAVA and METRICS must not be changed.

What we can do is using Final type hint. It states that variable or attribute should not be reassigned, redefined, or overridden.

Suggestion:

if __name__ == '__main__':
    java: Final[str] = sys.argv[1]
    metrics: Final[str] = sys.argv[2]

[ilnarkhasanov]

@yegor256 can you approve this as an issue, please?

[ilnarkhasanov]

@yegor256 can you check it, please?

[yegor256]

@ilnarkhasanov sounds like a reasonable suggestion, but let's first find out why Pylint doesn't complain about this:

According to PEP-0008, constants are usually declared at a module level.

Maybe we should use some other linter on top of pylint?

[howcanunot]

Looks like pep doesn't force us to declare constants in top level. but you can extend your pylint with your own plugins using load-plugins= option (https://pylint.pycqa.org/en/latest/development_guide/how_tos/plugins.html)
I would suggest putting this in a directory and adding new plugins to it in the future.
I could try to write this :)
@yegor256 what do you thunk?

[yegor256]

@howcanunot please, try!)