diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
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@@ -0,0 +1,444 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8; mode: conf -*-
+# lint Python modules using external checkers.
+#
+# This is the main checker controlling the other ones and the reports
+# generation. It is itself both a raw checker and an astng checker in order
+# to:
+# * handle message activation / deactivation at the module level
+# * handle some basic but necessary stats'data (number of classes, methods...)
+#
+[MASTER]
+
+# A comma-separated list of package or module names from where C extensions may
+# be loaded. Extensions are loading into the active Python interpreter and may
+# run arbitrary code
+extension-pkg-whitelist=
+
+# Add files or directories to the blacklist. They should be base names, not
+# paths.
+ignore=CVS, .git, .svn
+
+# Add files or directories matching the regex patterns to the blacklist. The
+# regex matches against base names, not paths.
+ignore-patterns=
+
+# Python code to execute, usually for sys.path manipulation such as
+# pygtk.require().
+#init-hook=
+
+# Use multiple processes to speed up Pylint.
+jobs=1
+
+# List of plugins (as comma separated values of python modules names) to load,
+# usually to register additional checkers.
+load-plugins=
+
+# Pickle collected data for later comparisons.
+persistent=yes
+
+# Specify a configuration file.
+#rcfile=
+
+# Allow loading of arbitrary C extensions. Extensions are imported into the
+# active Python interpreter and may run arbitrary code.
+unsafe-load-any-extension=no
+
+
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+
+# Only show warnings with the listed confidence levels. Leave empty to show
+# all. Valid levels: HIGH, INFERENCE, INFERENCE_FAILURE, UNDEFINED
+confidence=
+
+# Disable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You
+# can either give multiple identifiers separated by comma (,) or put this
+# option multiple times (only on the command line, not in the configuration
+# file where it should appear only once).You can also use "--disable=all" to
+# disable everything first and then reenable specific checks. For example, if
+# you want to run only the similarities checker, you can use "--disable=all
+# --enable=similarities". If you want to run only the classes checker, but have
+# no Warning level messages displayed, use"--disable=all --enable=classes
+# --disable=W"
+disable=bad-whitespace, duplicate-code
+
+# Enable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You can
+# either give multiple identifier separated by comma (,) or put this option
+# multiple time (only on the command line, not in the configuration file where
+# it should appear only once). See also the "--disable" option for examples.
+enable=
+
+
+[REPORTS]
+
+# Python expression which should return a note less than 10 (10 is the highest
+# note). You have access to the variables errors warning, statement which
+# respectively contain the number of errors / warnings messages and the total
+# number of statements analyzed. This is used by the global evaluation report
+# (RP0004).
+evaluation=10.0 - ((float(5 * error + warning + refactor + convention) / statement) * 10)
+
+# Template used to display messages. This is a python new-style format string
+# used to format the message information. See doc for all details
+
+# HINT: do not set this here, use argument --msg-template=...
+#msg-template={path}:{line}: [{msg_id}({symbol}),{obj}] {msg}
+
+# Set the output format. Available formats are text, parseable, colorized, json
+# and msvs (visual studio).You can also give a reporter class, eg
+# mypackage.mymodule.MyReporterClass.
+
+# HINT: do not set this here, use argument --output-format=...
+#output-format=text
+
+# Tells whether to display a full report or only the messages
+reports=no
+
+# Activate the evaluation score.
+score=yes
+
+
+[REFACTORING]
+
+# Maximum number of nested blocks for function / method body
+max-nested-blocks=5
+
+
+[BASIC]
+
+# List of builtins function names that should not be used, separated by a comma
+bad-functions=map,filter,apply,input
+
+# Naming hint for argument names
+argument-name-hint=(([a-z][a-z0-9_]{2,30})|(_[a-z0-9_]*))$
+
+# Regular expression matching correct argument names
+argument-rgx=(([a-z][a-zA-Z0-9_]{2,30})|(_[a-z0-9_]*))$
+
+# Naming hint for attribute names
+attr-name-hint=(([a-z][a-z0-9_]{2,30})|(_[a-z0-9_]*))$
+
+# Regular expression matching correct attribute names
+attr-rgx=(([a-z][a-z0-9_]{2,30})|(_[a-z0-9_]*)|([A-Z0-9_]*))$
+
+# Bad variable names which should always be refused, separated by a comma
+bad-names=foo,bar,baz,toto,tutu,tata
+
+# Naming hint for class attribute names
+class-attribute-name-hint=([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]{2,30}|(__.*__))$
+
+# Regular expression matching correct class attribute names
+class-attribute-rgx=([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]{2,30}|(__.*__))$
+
+# Naming hint for class names
+class-name-hint=[A-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9]+$
+
+# Regular expression matching correct class names
+class-rgx=[A-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9]+$
+
+# Naming hint for constant names
+const-name-hint=(([A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)|(__.*__))$
+
+# Regular expression matching correct constant names
+const-rgx=(([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*)|(__.*__))$
+#const-rgx=[f]?[A-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]{2,30}$
+
+# Minimum line length for functions/classes that require docstrings, shorter
+# ones are exempt.
+docstring-min-length=-1
+
+# Naming hint for function names
+function-name-hint=(([a-z][a-z0-9_]{2,30})|(_[a-z0-9_]*))$
+
+# Regular expression matching correct function names
+function-rgx=(([a-z][a-zA-Z0-9_]{2,30})|(_[a-z0-9_]*))$
+
+# Good variable names which should always be accepted, separated by a comma
+good-names=i,j,k,ex,Run,_,log,cfg,id
+
+# Include a hint for the correct naming format with invalid-name
+include-naming-hint=no
+
+# Naming hint for inline iteration names
+inlinevar-name-hint=[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$
+
+# Regular expression matching correct inline iteration names
+inlinevar-rgx=[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$
+
+# Naming hint for method names
+method-name-hint=(([a-z][a-z0-9_]{2,30})|(_[a-z0-9_]*))$
+
+# Regular expression matching correct method names
+method-rgx=(([a-z][a-zA-Z0-9_]{2,30})|(_[a-z0-9_]*))$
+
+# Naming hint for module names
+module-name-hint=(([a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]+))$
+
+# Regular expression matching correct module names
+#module-rgx=(([a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]+))$
+module-rgx=([a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)$
+
+# Colon-delimited sets of names that determine each other's naming style when
+# the name regexes allow several styles.
+name-group=
+
+# Regular expression which should only match function or class names that do
+# not require a docstring.
+no-docstring-rgx=^_
+
+# List of decorators that produce properties, such as abc.abstractproperty. Add
+# to this list to register other decorators that produce valid properties.
+property-classes=abc.abstractproperty
+
+# Naming hint for variable names
+variable-name-hint=(([a-z][a-z0-9_]{2,30})|(_[a-z0-9_]*))$
+
+# Regular expression matching correct variable names
+variable-rgx=(([a-z][a-zA-Z0-9_]{2,30})|(_[a-z0-9_]*)|([a-z]))$
+
+
+[FORMAT]
+
+# Expected format of line ending, e.g. empty (any line ending), LF or CRLF.
+expected-line-ending-format=
+
+# Regexp for a line that is allowed to be longer than the limit.
+ignore-long-lines=^\s*(# )?<?https?://\S+>?$
+
+# Number of spaces of indent required inside a hanging  or continued line.
+indent-after-paren=4
+
+# String used as indentation unit. This is usually "    " (4 spaces) or "\t" (1
+# tab).
+indent-string='    '
+
+# Maximum number of characters on a single line.
+max-line-length=120
+
+# Maximum number of lines in a module
+max-module-lines=2000
+
+# List of optional constructs for which whitespace checking is disabled. `dict-
+# separator` is used to allow tabulation in dicts, etc.: {1  : 1,\n222: 2}.
+# `trailing-comma` allows a space between comma and closing bracket: (a, ).
+# `empty-line` allows space-only lines.
+no-space-check=trailing-comma,dict-separator
+
+# Allow the body of a class to be on the same line as the declaration if body
+# contains single statement.No config file found, using default configuration
+
+single-line-class-stmt=no
+
+# Allow the body of an if to be on the same line as the test if there is no
+# else.
+single-line-if-stmt=no
+
+
+[LOGGING]
+
+# Logging modules to check that the string format arguments are in logging
+# function parameter format
+logging-modules=logging
+
+
+[MISCELLANEOUS]
+
+# List of note tags to take in consideration, separated by a comma.
+notes=FIXME,XXX,TODO
+
+
+[SIMILARITIES]
+
+# Ignore comments when computing similarities.
+ignore-comments=yes
+
+# Ignore docstrings when computing similarities.
+ignore-docstrings=yes
+
+# Ignore imports when computing similarities.
+ignore-imports=no
+
+# Minimum lines number of a similarity.
+min-similarity-lines=4
+
+
+[SPELLING]
+
+# Spelling dictionary name. Available dictionaries: none. To make it working
+# install python-enchant package.
+spelling-dict=
+
+# List of comma separated words that should not be checked.
+spelling-ignore-words=
+
+# A path to a file that contains private dictionary; one word per line.
+spelling-private-dict-file=
+
+# Tells whether to store unknown words to indicated private dictionary in
+# --spelling-private-dict-file option instead of raising a message.
+spelling-store-unknown-words=no
+
+
+[TYPECHECK]
+
+# List of decorators that produce context managers, such as
+# contextlib.contextmanager. Add to this list to register other decorators that
+# produce valid context managers.
+contextmanager-decorators=contextlib.contextmanager
+
+# List of members which are set dynamically and missed by pylint inference
+# system, and so shouldn't trigger E1101 when accessed. Python regular
+# expressions are accepted.
+generated-members=
+
+# Tells whether missing members accessed in mixin class should be ignored. A
+# mixin class is detected if its name ends with "mixin" (case insensitive).
+ignore-mixin-members=yes
+
+# This flag controls whether pylint should warn about no-member and similar
+# checks whenever an opaque object is returned when inferring. The inference
+# can return multiple potential results while evaluating a Python object, but
+# some branches might not be evaluated, which results in partial inference. In
+# that case, it might be useful to still emit no-member and other checks for
+# the rest of the inferred objects.
+ignore-on-opaque-inference=yes
+
+# List of class names for which member attributes should not be checked (useful
+# for classes with dynamically set attributes). This supports the use of
+# qualified names.
+ignored-classes=optparse.Values,thread._local,_thread._local
+
+# List of module names for which member attributes should not be checked
+# (useful for modules/projects where namespaces are manipulated during runtime
+# and thus existing member attributes cannot be deduced by static analysis. It
+# supports qualified module names, as well as Unix pattern matching.
+ignored-modules=
+
+# Show a hint with possible names when a member name was not found. The aspect
+# of finding the hint is based on edit distance.
+missing-member-hint=yes
+
+# The minimum edit distance a name should have in order to be considered a
+# similar match for a missing member name.
+missing-member-hint-distance=1
+
+# The total number of similar names that should be taken in consideration when
+# showing a hint for a missing member.
+missing-member-max-choices=1
+
+
+[VARIABLES]
+
+# List of additional names supposed to be defined in builtins. Remember that
+# you should avoid to define new builtins when possible.
+additional-builtins=
+
+# Tells whether unused global variables should be treated as a violation.
+allow-global-unused-variables=yes
+
+# List of strings which can identify a callback function by name. A callback
+# name must start or end with one of those strings.
+callbacks=cb_,_cb
+
+# A regular expression matching the name of dummy variables (i.e. expectedly
+# not used).
+dummy-variables-rgx=_+$|(_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*[a-zA-Z0-9]+?$)|dummy|^ignored_|^unused_
+
+# Argument names that match this expression will be ignored. Default to name
+# with leading underscore
+ignored-argument-names=_.*|^ignored_|^unused_
+
+# Tells whether we should check for unused import in __init__ files.
+init-import=no
+
+# List of qualified module names which can have objects that can redefine
+# builtins.
+redefining-builtins-modules=six.moves,future.builtins
+
+
+[CLASSES]
+
+# List of method names used to declare (i.e. assign) instance attributes.
+defining-attr-methods=__init__,__new__,setUp
+
+# List of member names, which should be excluded from the protected access
+# warning.
+exclude-protected=_asdict,_fields,_replace,_source,_make
+
+# List of valid names for the first argument in a class method.
+valid-classmethod-first-arg=cls
+
+# List of valid names for the first argument in a metaclass class method.
+valid-metaclass-classmethod-first-arg=mcs
+
+
+[DESIGN]
+
+# Maximum number of arguments for function / method
+max-args=8
+
+# Maximum number of attributes for a class (see R0902).
+max-attributes=20
+
+# Maximum number of boolean expressions in a if statement
+max-bool-expr=5
+
+# Maximum number of branch for function / method body
+max-branches=12
+
+# Maximum number of locals for function / method body
+max-locals=20
+
+# Maximum number of parents for a class (see R0901).
+max-parents=7
+
+# Maximum number of public methods for a class (see R0904).
+max-public-methods=20
+
+# Maximum number of return / yield for function / method body
+max-returns=6
+
+# Maximum number of statements in function / method body
+max-statements=50
+
+# Minimum number of public methods for a class (see R0903).
+min-public-methods=2
+
+
+[IMPORTS]
+
+# Allow wildcard imports from modules that define __all__.
+allow-wildcard-with-all=no
+
+# Analyse import fallback blocks. This can be used to support both Python 2 and
+# 3 compatible code, which means that the block might have code that exists
+# only in one or another interpreter, leading to false positives when analysed.
+analyse-fallback-blocks=no
+
+# Deprecated modules which should not be used, separated by a comma
+deprecated-modules=optparse,tkinter.tix
+
+# Create a graph of external dependencies in the given file (report RP0402 must
+# not be disabled)
+ext-import-graph=
+
+# Create a graph of every (i.e. internal and external) dependencies in the
+# given file (report RP0402 must not be disabled)
+import-graph=
+
+# Create a graph of internal dependencies in the given file (report RP0402 must
+# not be disabled)
+int-import-graph=
+
+# Force import order to recognize a module as part of the standard
+# compatibility libraries.
+known-standard-library=
+
+# Force import order to recognize a module as part of a third party library.
+known-third-party=enchant
+
+
+[EXCEPTIONS]
+
+# Exceptions that will emit a warning when being caught. Defaults to
+# "Exception"
+overgeneral-exceptions=Exception
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 604cdb8a..77ffe489 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -43,9 +43,11 @@ run:  pyenvinstall
 # test
 # ----
 
-PHONY += test test.pep8 test.unit test.robot
+PHONY += test test.pylint test.pep8 test.unit test.robot
 
+# TODO: balance linting with pylint
 test: test.pep8 test.unit test.robot
+	- make pylint
 
 test.pep8: pyenvinstall
 	$(PY_ENV_ACT); ./manage.sh pep8_check