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trailing-whitespace (W291)#

Derived from the pycodestyle linter.

Fix is always available.

What it does#

Checks for superfluous trailing whitespace.

Why is this bad?#

According to PEP 8, "avoid trailing whitespace anywhere. Because it’s usually invisible, it can be confusing"

Example#

spam(1) \n#

Use instead:

spam(1)\n#