Complexity

These checks find flaws in your application design.

We try to stick to “the magical 7 ± 2 number” when counting things. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus_or_Minus_Two

That’s how many objects we can keep in our memory at a time. We try hard not to exceed the memory capacity limit.

You can also find interesting reading about “Cognitive complexity”: https://www.sonarsource.com/docs/CognitiveComplexity.pdf

Note

Simple is better than complex. Complex is better than complicated.

See also

https://sobolevn.me/2019/10/complexity-waterfall

Summary

JonesScoreViolation	WPS200 — Forbid modules with complex lines.
TooManyImportsViolation	WPS201 — Forbid modules with too many imports.
TooManyModuleMembersViolation	WPS202 — Forbid too many classes and functions in a single module.
TooManyImportedNamesViolation	WPS203 — Forbid modules with too many imported names.
OverusedExpressionViolation	WPS204 — Forbid overused expressions in a module, function or method.
TooManyLocalsViolation	WPS210 — Forbid too many local variables in the unit of code.
TooManyArgumentsViolation	WPS211 — Forbid too many arguments for a function or method.
TooManyReturnsViolation	WPS212 — Forbid placing too many return statements in a function.
TooManyExpressionsViolation	WPS213 — Forbid putting too many expressions in a single function.
TooManyMethodsViolation	WPS214 — Forbid too many methods in a single class.
TooManyBaseClassesViolation	WPS215 — Restrict the maximum number of base classes.
TooManyDecoratorsViolation	WPS216 — Restrict the maximum number of decorators.
TooManyAwaitsViolation	WPS217 — Forbid placing too many await expressions in a function.
TooManyAssertsViolation	WPS218 — Forbid placing too many assert statements into a function.
TooDeepAccessViolation	WPS219 — Forbid consecutive expressions with too deep access level.
TooDeepNestingViolation	WPS220 — Forbid nesting blocks too deep.
LineComplexityViolation	WPS221 — Forbid complex lines.
TooManyConditionsViolation	WPS222 — Forbid conditions with too many logical operators.
TooManyElifsViolation	WPS223 — Forbid too many elif branches.
TooManyForsInComprehensionViolation	WPS224 — Forbid too many for statements within a comprehension.
TooManyExceptCasesViolation	WPS225 — Forbid too many except cases in a single try clause.
OverusedStringViolation	WPS226 — Forbid the overuse of string literals.
TooLongOutputTupleViolation	WPS227 — Forbid returning or yielding tuples that are too long.
TooLongCompareViolation	WPS228 — Forbid compare expressions that are too long.
TooLongTryBodyViolation	WPS229 — Forbid try blocks with bodies that are too long.
TooManyPublicAttributesViolation	WPS230 — Forbid instances with too many public attributes.
CognitiveComplexityViolation	WPS231 — Forbid functions with too much cognitive complexity.
CognitiveModuleComplexityViolation	WPS232 — Forbid modules with average cognitive complexity that is too high.
TooLongCallChainViolation	WPS233 — Forbid call chains that are too long.
TooComplexAnnotationViolation	WPS234 — Forbid overly complex annotations.
TooManyImportedModuleMembersViolation	WPS235 — Forbid from mod import a, b, c, d with too many imported names.
TooLongTupleUnpackViolation	WPS236 — Forbid using too many variables to unpack a tuple.
TooComplexFormattedStringViolation	WPS237 — Forbids f strings that are too complex.
TooManyRaisesViolation	WPS238 — Forbids too many raise statements in a function.
TooManyExceptExceptionsViolation	WPS239 — Forbids to have too many exceptions in except statement.
TooManyTypeParamsViolation	WPS240 — Forbids to have too many type params.
TooManyMatchSubjectsViolation	WPS241 — Forbids to have too many subjects in match statements.
TooManyMatchCaseViolation	WPS242 — Forbids to have too many match cases.
TooLongFinallyBodyViolation	WPS243 — Forbid finally blocks with bodies that are too long.

JonesScoreViolation

WPS200 — Forbid modules with complex lines.

We are using the Jones Complexity algorithm to count module’s score. See LineComplexityViolation for details of per-line-complexity. How it is done: we count complexity per line, then measure the median complexity across the lines in the whole module.

Reasoning:

Having complex modules will decrease your code maintainability.

Solution:

Refactor the module contents.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-jones-score. Default: 12

Added in version 0.1.0.

See also

https://github.com/Miserlou/JonesComplexity

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS200'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid modules with complex lines.'

TooManyImportsViolation

WPS201 — Forbid modules with too many imports.

Namespaces are one honking great idea – let’s do more of those!

Reasoning:

Having too many imports without prefixes is quite expensive. You have to memorize all the source locations of the imports and sometimes it is hard to remember what kind of functions and classes are already injected into your context.

It is also a questionable design if a single module has a lot of imports. Why would a single module have so many dependencies? So, the module becomes too coupled.

Solution:

Refactor the imports to import a common namespace. Something like from package import module and then use it like module.function().

Or refactor your code and split the complex module into several modules.

We do not make any distinction between import and from ... import ....

Corner-case:

__init__.py modules that only re-export imports (optionally with a module docstring) are ignored by this check.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-imports. Default: 12

Added in version 0.1.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS201'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid modules with too many imports.'

TooManyModuleMembersViolation

WPS202 — Forbid too many classes and functions in a single module.

Reasoning:

Having many classes and functions in a single module is a bad thing. Soon it will be hard to read through this code and understand it.

Solution:

It is better to split this module into several modules or a package.

We do not make any distinctions between classes and functions in this check. They are treated as the same unit of logic. We also do not care about functions and classes being public or not. However, methods are counted separately on a per-class basis.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-module-members. Default: 7

Added in version 0.1.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS202'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid too many classes and functions in a single module.'

TooManyImportedNamesViolation

WPS203 — Forbid modules with too many imported names.

Namespaces are one honking great idea – let’s do more of those!

Reasoning:

Having too many imported names without prefixes is quite expensive. You have to memorize all the source locations of the imports and sometimes it is hard to remember what kind of functions and classes are already injected into your context.

It is also a questionable design if a single module has a lot of imports. Why would a single module have so many dependencies? So, the module becomes too coupled.

Solution:

Refactor the imports to import a common namespace. Something like from package import module and then use it like module.function().

Or refactor your code and split the complex module into several modules.

Example:

# Correct:
import module  # 1 imported name

# Wrong:
from module import func1, func2, ..., funcN  # N imported names

We do not make any differences between import and from ... import ....

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-imported-names. Default: 50

Added in version 0.12.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS203'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid modules with too many imported names.'

OverusedExpressionViolation

WPS204 — Forbid overused expressions in a module, function or method.

What do we call an “overused expression”? When you use any expression (like user_dict['age'] for example) inside your code, you always have to track that you are not using it “too much” because if that expression is everywhere inside your code, it is a sign of a problem. It means that you are missing an abstraction.

We check for overused expressions on two levels:

• per each function

• per all module

Related to TooManyExpressionsViolation.

Reasoning:

Overusing expressions leads to losing the parts that can and should be refactored into variables, methods, and properties of objects.

Solution:

Refactor expressions to be an attribute, a method, or a new variable.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-module-expressions. Default: 7

And with --max-function-expressions. Default: 4

Added in version 0.12.0.

Changed in version 0.14.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS204'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid overused expressions in a module, function or method.'

TooManyLocalsViolation

WPS210 — Forbid too many local variables in the unit of code.

Reasoning:

Having too many variables in a single function is a bad thing. Soon, you will have trouble understanding what this variable means. It will also become hard to name new variables.

Solution:

If you have too many variables in a function, you have to refactor it.

What counts as a local variable? We only count a variable as local in the following case: it is assigned inside the function body. We do not count variables defined inside comprehensions as local variables, since it is impossible to use them outside of the comprehension.

Example:

def first_function(param):
    first_var = 1

def second_function(argument):
    second_var = 1
    argument = int(argument)
    third_var, _ = some_call()

In this example we will count as locals only several variables:

1. first_var, because it is assigned inside the function’s body

2. second_var, because it is assigned inside the function’s body

3. argument, because it is reassigned inside the function’s body

4. third_var, because it is assigned inside the function’s body

Please, note that _ is a special case. It is not counted as a local variable. Since by design it means: do not count me as a real variable.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-local-variables. Default: 5

Added in version 0.1.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS210'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid too many local variables in the unit of code.'

TooManyArgumentsViolation

WPS211 — Forbid too many arguments for a function or method.

Reasoning:

This is an indicator of a bad design. When a function requires many arguments it is a sign that it should be refactored. It also indicates that the function does too many things at once.

Solution:

Split the function into several functions. Then it will be easier to use them.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-arguments. Default: 5

Added in version 0.1.0.

Changed in version 1.0.0: Does not count special self, cls, and mcs as parameters.

Also does not count parameters in @overload definitions.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS211'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid too many arguments for a function or method.'

TooManyReturnsViolation

WPS212 — Forbid placing too many return statements in a function.

Reasoning:

When there are too many return keywords, functions are hard to test. They are also hard to read and hard to change and keep everything inside your head at once.

Solution:

Change your design. Split the function into multiple functions.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-returns. Default: 5

Added in version 0.1.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS212'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid placing too many ``return`` statements in a function.'

TooManyExpressionsViolation

WPS213 — Forbid putting too many expressions in a single function.

This rule is quite similar to “max lines” in a function, but is much nicer because we don’t count lines, we count real code entities. This way adding just several extra empty lines for readability will never trigger this violation.

Related to OverusedExpressionViolation.

Reasoning:

When there are too many expressions it means that this function does too many things at once. It has too much logic.

Solution:

Split function into several functions, refactor your API.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-expressions. Default: 9

Added in version 0.1.0.

See also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expression_(computer_science)

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS213'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid putting too many expressions in a single function.'

TooManyMethodsViolation

WPS214 — Forbid too many methods in a single class.

Reasoning:

Having too many methods might lead to the “God object” anti-pattern. This kind of object can handle everything. So, in the end, your code becomes too hard to maintain and test.

Solution:

What to do if you have too many methods in a single class? Split this class into several classes, then use composition or inheritance to refactor your code. This will protect you from the “God object” anti-pattern.

We do not make any distinctions between instance and class methods. We also do not care about functions and classes being public or not. We also do not count inherited methods from parents. This rule does not count the attributes of a class.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-methods. Default: 7

Added in version 0.1.0.

See also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_object

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS214'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid too many methods in a single class.'

TooManyBaseClassesViolation

WPS215 — Restrict the maximum number of base classes.

Reasoning:

It is almost never possible to navigate to the desired method of a parent class when you need it with multiple mixins. It is hard to understand mro and super calls. Do not overuse this technique.

Solution:

Reduce the number of base classes. Use composition over inheritance.

Example:

# Correct:
class SomeClassName(First, Second, Mixin): ...

# Wrong:
class SomeClassName(
    FirstParentClass,
    SecondParentClass,
    ThirdParentClass,
    CustomClass,
    AddedClass,
 ): ...

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-base-classes. Default: 3

Added in version 0.3.0.

Changed in version 0.5.0.

See also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition_over_inheritance

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS215'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Restrict the maximum number of base classes.'

TooManyDecoratorsViolation

WPS216 — Restrict the maximum number of decorators.

Reasoning:

When you are using too many decorators it means that you are trying to overuse the magic. You have to ask yourself: do I really know what happens inside this decorator tree? Typically, the answer will be “no”.

Solution:

Using too many decorators typically means that you are trying to configure the behavior from outside of the class. Do not do that too much. Split functions or classes into smaller ones. Use higher order decorators.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-decorators. Default: 5

This rule checks: functions, methods, and classes.

Added in version 0.5.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS216'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Restrict the maximum number of decorators.'

TooManyAwaitsViolation

WPS217 — Forbid placing too many await expressions in a function.

Reasoning:

When there are too many await keywords, functions are starting to get really complex. It is hard to tell where we are and what is going on.

Solution:

Change your design. Split functions into smaller ones.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-awaits. Default: 5

Added in version 0.10.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS217'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid placing too many ``await`` expressions in a function.'

TooManyAssertsViolation

WPS218 — Forbid placing too many assert statements into a function.

Reasoning:

When there are too many assert keywords, functions are starting to get really complex. It might indicate that your tests or contracts are too big.

Solution:

Create rich assert statements, use higher-level contracts, or create special guard functions.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-asserts. Default: 5

Added in version 0.12.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS218'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid placing too many ``assert`` statements into a function.'

TooDeepAccessViolation

WPS219 — Forbid consecutive expressions with too deep access level.

We consider only these expressions as accesses:

• ast.Subscript

• ast.Attribute

We do not treat ast.Call as an access, since there are a lot of call-based APIs like Django ORM, builder patterns, etc.

Reasoning:

Having too deep access level indicates a bad design and overcomplicated data without proper API.

Solution:

Split the expression into variables, functions or classes. Refactor the API for your data layout.

Example:

# Correct: access level = 4
self.attr.inner.wrapper[1]

# Correct: access level = 1
manager.filter().exclude().annotate().values().first()

# Wrong: access level = 5
self.attr.inner.wrapper.method.call()

# Wrong: access level = 5
# `obj` has access level of 2:
# `.attr`, `.call`
# `call()` has access level of 5:
# `.other`, `[0]`, `.field`, `.type`, `.boom`
obj.attr.call().other[0].field.type.boom

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-access-level. Default: 4

Added in version 0.12.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS219'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid consecutive expressions with too deep access level.'

TooDeepNestingViolation

WPS220 — Forbid nesting blocks too deep.

Reasoning:

If nesting is too deep that indicates usage of complex logic and language constructions. This means that our design is not suited to handle such construction.

Solution:

We need to refactor our complex construction into simpler ones. We can use new functions or different constructions.

Added in version 0.1.0.

Changed in version 0.5.0.

Changed in version 0.19.1: Do not report ... when used in a function or class body.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS220'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid nesting blocks too deep.'

LineComplexityViolation

WPS221 — Forbid complex lines.

We are using the Jones Complexity algorithm to count complexity. What is the Jones Complexity? It is a simple yet powerful method to count the number of ast nodes per line. If the complexity of a single line is higher than a threshold, then an error is raised.

What nodes do we count? All except the following:

1. modules

2. function and classes, since they are checked differently

3. type annotations, since they do not increase the complexity

4. nodes produced by {} (but not their contents!) in f-strings as they raise the complexity score disproportionally to the actual complexity raise

Reasoning:

Having a complex line indicates that you somehow managed to put too much logic inside a single line. At some point in time, you will no longer be able to understand what this line means and what it does.

Solution:

Split a single line into several lines: by creating new variables, statements or functions. Note, this might trigger new complexity issues. With this technique, a single new node in a line might trigger a complex refactoring process including several modules.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-line-complexity. Default: 14

Added in version 0.1.0.

See also

https://github.com/Miserlou/JonesComplexity

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS221'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid complex lines.'

TooManyConditionsViolation

WPS222 — Forbid conditions with too many logical operators.

We use 4 as a default value.

Reasoning:

When reading through the complex conditions you will fail to understand all the possible branches. And you will end up putting debug breakpoint on this line just to figure out how it works.

Solution:

We can reduce the complexity of a single if by doing two things: creating new variables or creating nested if statements. Both of these actions will trigger other complexity checks.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-conditions. Default: 4

We count and and or keywords as conditions.

Added in version 0.1.0.

Changed in version 0.5.0.

Changed in version 1.4.0: Added --max-conditions configuration options.

Changed in version 1.6.2: Stopped recursive counting of nested ast.BoolOp nodes.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS222'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid conditions with too many logical operators.'

TooManyElifsViolation

WPS223 — Forbid too many elif branches.

We use 3 as a default value.

Reasoning:

This rule is specifically important because many elif branches indicates a complex flow in your design: you are reimplementing switch in python.

Solution:

There are different design patterns to use instead. For example, you can use an interface that just calls a specific method without if. Another option is to separate your if into multiple functions.

Added in version 0.1.0.

Changed in version 0.5.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS223'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid too many ``elif`` branches.'

TooManyForsInComprehensionViolation

WPS224 — Forbid too many for statements within a comprehension.

Reasoning:

When reading through the complex comprehension you will fail to understand it.

Solution:

We can reduce the complexity of the comprehension by reducing the amount of for statements. Refactor your code to use several for loops, comprehensions, or different functions.

Example:

# Wrong:
ast_nodes = [
    target
    for assignment in top_level_assigns
    for target in assignment.targets
    for _ in range(10)
]

Added in version 0.3.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS224'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid too many ``for`` statements within a comprehension.'

TooManyExceptCasesViolation

WPS225 — Forbid too many except cases in a single try clause.

We use 3 as a default value.

Reasoning:

Handling too many exceptions in a single place is a good indicator of a bad design since one controlling structure will become too complex. Also, you will need to test a lot of logic paths in your application.

If you have too many except* blocks, it means that the exception group is too complex.

Solution:

We can reduce the complexity of this case by splitting it into multiple try cases, functions or using a decorator to handle different exceptions.

Added in version 0.7.0.

Changed in version 0.19.0: Supports try/except* as well.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS225'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid too many ``except`` cases in a single ``try`` clause.'

OverusedStringViolation

WPS226 — Forbid the overuse of string literals.

We allow to use strings without any restrictions as annotations for variables, arguments, return values, and class attributes.

Some common string literals like dot ‘.’, comma ‘,’, empty string ‘’, single space ‘ ‘, new line ‘n’, ‘rn’ and tabulator ‘t’ do not count against string literal overuse limit.

The violation points to the first occurrence of the overused string literal.

Reasoning:

When some string is used more than several time in your code, it probably means that this string is a meaningful constant and should be treated like one.

Solution:

Deduplicate your string usages by defining new functions or constants.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-string-usages. Default: 3

Added in version 0.10.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS226'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid the overuse of string literals.'

TooLongOutputTupleViolation

WPS227 — Forbid returning or yielding tuples that are too long.

Reasoning:

Long output tuples complicate function or generator usage. This rule helps to reduce complication.

Solution:

Use lists of similar type or wrapper objects.

Added in version 0.10.0.

Changed in version 0.16.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS227'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid returning or yielding tuples that are too long.'

TooLongCompareViolation

WPS228 — Forbid compare expressions that are too long.

Reasoning:

Compare expressions that are too long indicate that there’s something wrong going on in the code. Compares should not be longer than 3 or 4 items.

Solution:

Use several conditions, separate variables, or functions.

Added in version 0.10.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS228'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid compare expressions that are too long.'

TooLongTryBodyViolation

WPS229 — Forbid try blocks with bodies that are too long.

Reasoning:

Having too many statements inside your try block can lead to situations when a statement raises an exception and you are not aware of it since it is not expected.

Solution:

Move things out of the try block or create new functions. The fewer lines you have in your try block - the safer you are from accidental errors.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-try-body-length. Default: 1

See also

https://adamj.eu/tech/2019/10/02/limit-your-try-clauses-in-python/

Added in version 0.12.0.

Changed in version 0.19.0: Supports try/except* as well.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS229'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid ``try`` blocks with bodies that are too long.'

TooManyPublicAttributesViolation

WPS230 — Forbid instances with too many public attributes.

We only check static definitions in a form of self.public = .... We do not count parent attributes. We do not count properties. We do not count annotations. We do not count class attributes. We do not count duplicates.

Reasoning:

Having too many public instance attributes means that your class is too complex in terms of coupling. Other classes and functions will rely on these concrete fields instead of better abstraction layers.

Solution:

Make some attributes protected. Split this class into several. If the class is a Data Transfer Object, then use @dataclass decorator.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-attributes. Default: 6

See also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupling_(computer_programming)

Added in version 0.12.0.

Changed in version 1.0.0: Any amount of attributes are allowed on @dataclasses.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS230'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid instances with too many public attributes.'

CognitiveComplexityViolation

WPS231 — Forbid functions with too much cognitive complexity.

Reasoning:

People are not great at reading and interpreting code in their heads. That’s why code with a lot of nested loops, conditions, exceptions handlers, and context managers is hard to read and understand.

Solution:

Rewrite your code to be simpler. Use flat structures and conditions, remove nested loops.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-cognitive-score. Default: 12

See also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_complexity https://pypi.org/project/cognitive-complexity/ https://github.com/Melevir/flake8-cognitive-complexity

Added in version 0.13.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS231'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid functions with too much cognitive complexity.'

CognitiveModuleComplexityViolation

WPS232 — Forbid modules with average cognitive complexity that is too high.

Reasoning:

Modules with lots of functions might hide cognitive complexity inside many small and relatively simple functions.

Solution:

Rewrite your code to be simpler or use several modules.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-cognitive-average. Default: 8

See also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_complexity

Added in version 0.13.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS232'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid modules with average cognitive complexity that is too high.'

TooLongCallChainViolation

WPS233 — Forbid call chains that are too long.

Reasoning:

Call chains that are too long are overcomplicated and indicators of bad API design.

Solution:

Split the expression into variables, functions or classes. Refactor the API to allow higher-level access to functions.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-call-level. Default: 3

Added in version 0.13.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS233'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid call chains that are too long.'

TooComplexAnnotationViolation

WPS234 — Forbid overly complex annotations.

Annotation complexity is maximum annotation nesting level. Example: List[int] has complexity of 2 and Tuple[List[Optional[str]], int] has complexity of 4.

Reasoning:

Overly complex annotations make your types unreadable. And make developers afraid of types.

Solution:

Create type aliases. And use them a lot!

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-annotation-complexity. Default: 3

See also

https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/kinds_of_types.html#type-aliases https://github.com/best-doctor/flake8-annotations-complexity

Added in version 0.14.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS234'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid overly complex annotations.'

TooManyImportedModuleMembersViolation

WPS235 — Forbid from mod import a, b, c, d with too many imported names.

Reasoning:

Importing too many names from one import is an easy way to cause the violation WPS203 - too many imported names.

Solution:

Refactor the imports to import a common namespace. Something like from package import module and then use it like module.function().

Example:

# Correct:
import module  # 1 imported name

# Wrong:
from module import func1, func2, ..., funcN  # N imported names

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-import-from-members. Default: 8

Added in version 0.15.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS235'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid ``from mod import a, b, c, d`` with too many imported names.'

TooLongTupleUnpackViolation

WPS236 — Forbid using too many variables to unpack a tuple.

Reasoning:

The order and meaning are hard to remember.

Solution:

If you have more than 2 values in a tuple, consider using typing.NamedTuple or a dataclass instead.

Example:

# Correct:
result = foo()

# Wrong:
a, b, c, d, e = foo()

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-tuple-unpack-length. Default: 4

Added in version 0.15.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS236'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid using too many variables to unpack a tuple.'

TooComplexFormattedStringViolation

WPS237 — Forbids f strings that are too complex.

A complex format string is defined as use of any formatted value that is not:

• the value of a variable

• the value of a collection through lookup with a variable, number, or string as the key

• the return value of a function / method call with 3 arguments maximum

Using format specifiers also increases complexity, so you should avoid using more than one specifier for a single value.

Reasoning:

Complex f strings are often difficult to understand, making the code less readable. Generally we don’t allow f strings but this violation exists in case the user decides to ignore the general violation.

Solution:

Use .format() or assign complex expressions to variables before formatting.

Example:

# Correct:
f'smth {user.get_full_name()}'
f'smth {math_func(1, 2, 3)}'
f'smth {value=:.2f}
f'smth {value=:{formatspec}}

# Wrong:
f'{reverse("url-name")}?{"&".join("user=" + uid for uid in user_ids)}'
f'smth {math_func(1, 2, 3, 4)}'
f'smth {value=:{filler}^{padding}.{precision}f}'

Added in version 0.15.0.

Changed in version 1.6.0: Complex format specifiers are forbidden.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS237'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbids ``f`` strings that are too complex.'

TooManyRaisesViolation

WPS238 — Forbids too many raise statements in a function.

Reasoning:

Too many raise statements in a function make the code untraceable and overcomplicated.

Solution:

Split the function into smaller functions, such that each of them can raise less errors. Create more standard errors, or use alternative ways to raise them.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-raises. Default: 3

Added in version 0.15.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS238'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbids too many ``raise`` statements in a function.'

TooManyExceptExceptionsViolation

WPS239 — Forbids to have too many exceptions in except statement.

Reasoning:

Too exceptions in except case means that too many things are happening here at once.

Solution:

Use common base classes, split except cases.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-except-exceptions. Default: 3

Added in version 1.0.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS239'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbids to have too many exceptions in ``except`` statement.'

TooManyTypeParamsViolation

WPS240 — Forbids to have too many type params.

Is only emitted on python3.12+.

Reasoning:

Too many type params means that you are probably overly complicate the object that you are typing right now. It would be really hard for users to manually add all generic parameters.

Solution:

Use composition of classes, simplify the API.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-type-params. Default: 6

Added in version 1.0.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS240'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbids to have too many type params.'

TooManyMatchSubjectsViolation

WPS241 — Forbids to have too many subjects in match statements.

Reasoning:

Too many subjects in a match statement make the code difficult to read and maintain. It indicates that the logic could be simplified or broken down into smaller components.

Solution:

Refactor the match statement to reduce the number of subjects. Consider splitting the logic into multiple match statements or functions to improve clarity and maintainability.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-match-subjects. Default: 7

Added in version 1.0.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS241'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbids to have too many subjects in ``match`` statements.'

TooManyMatchCaseViolation

WPS242 — Forbids to have too many match cases.

Reasoning:

Too many match cases means that you are probably overly complicate the object that you are matching right now. It would be really hard for users to manually add all match cases.

Solution:

Refactor the match statement by breaking the logic into smaller, focused functions. This will improve readability and maintainability. Split complex logic into separate functions to keep each one concise, reducing the size of the match block and making the code easier to understand and modify.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-match-cases. Default: 7

Added in version 1.0.0.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS242'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbids to have too many match cases.'

TooLongFinallyBodyViolation

WPS243 — Forbid finally blocks with bodies that are too long.

Reasoning:

finally is very special. It executes code in all cases and therefore can’t fail. When there are many lines in finally it indicates a larger problem: brittle and complex cleanups.

Solution:

Move things out of the finally block or create new functions. The fewer lines you have in your finally block - the safer you are from accidental errors. Use context managers, use ExitStack.

Configuration:

This rule is configurable with --max-lines-in-finally. Lines equal to statements. Default: 2

See also

https://peps.python.org/pep-0765

Added in version 1.2.0.

Changed in version 1.3.0: Now we count statements in finally, not physical lines.

full_code: ClassVar[str] = 'WPS243'

summary: ClassVar[str] = 'Forbid ``finally`` blocks with bodies that are too long.'