Update reporters to (allow) use of end_line and end_column

ChangeLog

@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ Release date: TBA
 
   Closes #4982
 
+* Add ability to add ``end_line`` and ``end_column`` to the ``--msg-template`` option.
+  With the standard ``TextReporter`` this will add the line and column number of the
+  end of a node to the output of Pylint. If these numbers are unknown, they are represented
+  by an empty string.
+
 * Introduced primer tests and a configuration tests framework. The helper classes available in
   ``pylint/testutil/`` are still unstable and might be modified in the near future.
 

doc/user_guide/output.rst

@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ line
     line number
 column
     column number
+end_line
+    line number of the end of the node
+end_column
+    column number of the end of the node
 module
     module name
 obj
@@ -94,6 +98,9 @@ A few other examples:
 The ``--msg-template`` option can only be combined with text-based reporters (``--output-format`` either unspecified or one of: parseable, colorized or msvs).
 If both ``--output-format`` and ``--msg-template`` are specified, the ``--msg-template`` option will take precedence over the default line format defined by the reporter class.
 
+If ``end_line`` or ``end_column`` are ``None``, they will be represented as an empty string
+by the default ``TextReporter``.
+
 .. _Python new format syntax: https://docs.python.org/2/library/string.html#formatstrings
 
 Source code analysis section

doc/whatsnew/2.12.rst

@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ Other Changes
 
   Partially closes #5321
 
+* Add ability to add ``end_line`` and ``end_column`` to the ``--msg-template`` option.
+  With the standard ``TextReporter`` this will add the line and column number of the
+  end of a node to the output of Pylint. If these numbers are unknown, they are represented
+  by an empty string.
+
 * Introduced primer tests and a configuration tests framework. The helper classes available in
   ``pylint/testutil/`` are still unstable and might be modified in the near future.
 

pylint/reporters/text.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 :colorized: an ANSI colorized text reporter
 """
 import os
+import re
 import sys
 import warnings
 from typing import (
@@ -183,13 +184,38 @@ def __init__(self, output: Optional[TextIO] = None) -> None:
         super().__init__(output)
         self._modules: Set[str] = set()
         self._template = self.line_format
+        self._fixed_template = self.line_format
+        """The output format template with any unrecognized arguments removed"""
 
     def on_set_current_module(self, module: str, filepath: Optional[str]) -> None:
-        self._template = str(self.linter.config.msg_template or self._template)
+        """Set the format template to be used and check for unrecognized arguments."""
+        template = str(self.linter.config.msg_template or self._template)
+
+        # Return early if the template is the same as the previous one
+        if template == self._template:
+            return
+
+        # Set template to the currently selected template
+        self._template = template
+
+        # Check to see if all parameters in the template are attributes of the Message
+        arguments = re.findall(r"\{(.+?)(:.*)?\}", template)
+        for argument in arguments:
+            if argument[0] not in Message._fields:
+                warnings.warn(
+                    f"Don't recognize the argument '{argument[0]}' in the --msg-template. "
+                    "Are you sure it is supported on the current version of pylint?"
+                )
+                template = re.sub(r"\{" + argument[0] + r"(:.*?)?\}", "", template)
+        self._fixed_template = template
 
     def write_message(self, msg: Message) -> None:
         """Convenience method to write a formatted message with class default template"""
-        self.writeln(msg.format(self._template))
+        self_dict = msg._asdict()
+        for key in ("end_line", "end_column"):
+            self_dict[key] = self_dict[key] or ""
+
+        self.writeln(self._fixed_template.format(**self_dict))
 
     def handle_message(self, msg: Message) -> None:
         """manage message of different type and in the context of path"""

tests/unittest_reporting.py

@@ -57,6 +57,72 @@ def test_template_option(linter):
     assert output.getvalue() == "************* Module 0123\nC0301:001\nC0301:002\n"
 
 
+def test_template_option_default(linter) -> None:
+    """Test the default msg-template setting"""
+    output = StringIO()
+    linter.reporter.out = output
+    linter.open()
+    linter.set_current_module("my_module")
+    linter.add_message("C0301", line=1, args=(1, 2))
+    linter.add_message("line-too-long", line=2, args=(3, 4))
+
+    out_lines = output.getvalue().split("\n")
+    assert out_lines[1] == "my_module:1:0: C0301: Line too long (1/2) (line-too-long)"
+    assert out_lines[2] == "my_module:2:0: C0301: Line too long (3/4) (line-too-long)"
+
+
+def test_template_option_end_line(linter) -> None:
+    """Test the msg-template option with end_line and end_column"""
+    output = StringIO()
+    linter.reporter.out = output
+    linter.set_option(
+        "msg-template",
+        "{path}:{line}:{column}:{end_line}:{end_column}: {msg_id}: {msg} ({symbol})",
+    )
+    linter.open()
+    linter.set_current_module("my_mod")
+    linter.add_message("C0301", line=1, args=(1, 2))
+    linter.add_message(
+        "line-too-long", line=2, end_lineno=2, end_col_offset=4, args=(3, 4)
+    )
+
+    out_lines = output.getvalue().split("\n")
+    assert out_lines[1] == "my_mod:1:0::: C0301: Line too long (1/2) (line-too-long)"
+    assert out_lines[2] == "my_mod:2:0:2:4: C0301: Line too long (3/4) (line-too-long)"
+
+
+def test_template_option_non_exisiting(linter) -> None:
+    """Test the msg-template option with a non exisiting options.
+    This makes sure that this option remains backwards compatible as new
+    parameters do not break on previous versions"""
+    output = StringIO()
+    linter.reporter.out = output
+    linter.set_option(
+        "msg-template",
+        "{path}:{line}:{a_new_option}:({a_second_new_option:03d})",
+    )
+    linter.open()
+    with pytest.warns(UserWarning) as records:
+        linter.set_current_module("my_mod")
+        assert len(records) == 2
+        assert (
+            "Don't recognize the argument 'a_new_option'" in records[0].message.args[0]
+        )
+    assert (
+        "Don't recognize the argument 'a_second_new_option'"
+        in records[1].message.args[0]
+    )
+
+    linter.add_message("C0301", line=1, args=(1, 2))
+    linter.add_message(
+        "line-too-long", line=2, end_lineno=2, end_col_offset=4, args=(3, 4)
+    )
+
+    out_lines = output.getvalue().split("\n")
+    assert out_lines[1] == "my_mod:1::()"
+    assert out_lines[2] == "my_mod:2::()"
+
+
 def test_deprecation_set_output(recwarn):
     """TODO remove in 3.0"""
     reporter = BaseReporter()