python flake8 ignore E501 and max-line-length

Question

what is the purpose of using both

[flake8]
ignore = E501
max-line-length = 120

i have seen lot of codebases following this format in setup.cfg file but my question is if you ignore E501 then you code accepts any number of characters per line in a module, again why they are using max-line-length?

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 19 '20 at 23:14

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I believe this is because the default characters per line is 82, so they ignore that so it can exceed that number, but then set a larger limit (120 in your case)

answered Oct 19 '20 at 23:14

Rolv Apneseth

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if my code exceeds 120 char then it will through an E501 error right – Kiran Oct 20 '20 at 10:16
I forget if it's exactly E501 you get back but you definitely get an error back if you run the flake8 test, yes – Rolv Apneseth Oct 20 '20 at 12:41
some how my flake8 is ignoring even the line is greater then 120 char and i have setup.cfg with above configuration – Kiran Oct 20 '20 at 13:41
Ah apologies, maybe you can't ignore e501 then, try removing that but keeping the max-line-length. Does that work? – Rolv Apneseth Oct 20 '20 at 22:35
the answer is the either ignore the fault entirely OR set the max-line-length. – Stevko Nov 17 '21 at 00:03

python flake8 ignore E501 and max-line-length

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