add name attribute to Linter class

NEWS.md

@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
 * `paren_brace_linter` now marks lints at the opening brace instead of the closing parenthesis, making fixing the lints
   by jumping to source markers easier (#583, @AshesITR)
 * Lints are now marked with the name of the `linter` that caused them instead of the name of their implementation
-  function (#664, #673, @AshesITR).
+  function.    
+  Deprecated the obsolete `linter` argument of `Lint()`. (#664, #673, #746, @AshesITR)
 * New syntax to exclude only selected linters from linting lines or passages. Use `# nolint: linter_name, linter2_name.`
   or `# nolint start: linter_name, linter2_name.` in source files or named lists of line numbers in `.lintr`.
   (#660, @AshesITR)

R/T_and_F_symbol_linter.R

@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ T_and_F_symbol_linter <- function() { # nolint: object_name_linter.
             type = "style",
             message = sprintf("Use %s instead of the symbol %s.", replacement, symbol),
             line = source_file[["lines"]][[as.character(line_num)]],
-            ranges = list(c(start_col_num, end_col_num)),
-            linter = "T_and_F_symbol_linter"
+            ranges = list(c(start_col_num, end_col_num))
           )
         }
       }

R/assignment_linter.R

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 #' @export
 assignment_linter <- function() {
   Linter(function(source_file) {
-    lapply(ids_with_token(source_file, "EQ_ASSIGN"),
+    lapply(
+      ids_with_token(source_file, "EQ_ASSIGN"),
       function(id) {
         parsed <- with_id(source_file, id)
         Lint(
@@ -11,9 +12,8 @@ assignment_linter <- function() {
           column_number = parsed$col1,
           type = "style",
           message = "Use <-, not =, for assignment.",
-          line = source_file$lines[as.character(parsed$line1)],
-          linter = "assignment_linter"
-          )
+          line = source_file$lines[as.character(parsed$line1)]
+        )
       })
-    })
+  })
 }

R/assignment_spaces_linter.R

@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ assignment_spaces <- function() {
             column_number = parsed$col1,
             type = "style",
             message = "Assignments should only have one space before and after the operator.",
-            line = source_file$lines[parsed$line1],
-            linter = "assignment_spaces"
+            line = source_file$lines[parsed$line1]
           )
         }
       }

R/backport_linter.R

@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ backport_linter <- function(r_version = getRversion()) {
           all_names[ii], names(needs_backport_names)[which(needs_backport[ii, ])], r_version
         ),
         line = source_file$lines[[line1]],
-        ranges = list(c(col1, col2)),
-        linter = "backport_linter"
+        ranges = list(c(col1, col2))
       )
     })
   })

R/closed_curly_linter.R

@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ closed_curly_linter <- function(allow_single_line = FALSE) {
               "Closing curly-braces should always be on their own line,",
               "unless they are followed by an else."
             ),
-            line = source_file$lines[as.character(parsed$line1)],
-            linter = "closed_curly_linter"
+            line = source_file$lines[as.character(parsed$line1)]
           )}
       }
     )

R/commas_linter.R

@@ -59,17 +59,15 @@ commas_linter <- function() {
               !empty_comma &&
               !is_blank_switch) {
 
-              lints[[length(lints) + 1L]] <-
-                Lint(
-                  filename = source_file$filename,
-                  line_number = line_number,
-                  column_number = comma_loc,
-                  type = "style",
-                  message = "Commas should never have a space before.",
-                  line = line,
-                  ranges = list(c(start, end)),
-                  "commas_linter"
-                )
+              lints[[length(lints) + 1L]] <- Lint(
+                filename = source_file$filename,
+                line_number = line_number,
+                column_number = comma_loc,
+                type = "style",
+                message = "Commas should never have a space before.",
+                line = line,
+                ranges = list(c(start, end))
+              )
             }
           }
 
@@ -83,17 +81,14 @@ commas_linter <- function() {
                                source_file$parsed_content$token == "','")
 
             if (has_token) {
-
-              lints[[length(lints) + 1L]] <-
-                Lint(
-                  filename = source_file$filename,
-                  line_number = line_number,
-                  column_number = comma_loc + 1,
-                  type = "style",
-                  message = "Commas should always have a space after.",
-                  line = line,
-                  linter = "commas_linter"
-                )
+              lints[[length(lints) + 1L]] <- Lint(
+                filename = source_file$filename,
+                line_number = line_number,
+                column_number = comma_loc + 1,
+                type = "style",
+                message = "Commas should always have a space after.",
+                line = line
+              )
             }
 
           }

R/comment_linters.R

@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ commented_code_linter <- function() {
           type = "style",
           message = "Commented code should be removed.",
           line = source_file$file_lines[line_number],
-          linter = "commented_code_linter",
           ranges = list(column_offset + c(code_candidates[code_candidate, "code.start"],
                                           code_candidates[code_candidate, "code.end"]))
         )
@@ -95,8 +94,7 @@ todo_comment_linter <- function(todo = c("todo", "fixme")) {
           type = "style",
           message = "TODO comments should be removed.",
           line = source_file[["lines"]][[as.character(token[["line1"]])]],
-          ranges = list(c(token[["col1"]], token[["col2"]])),
-          linter = "todo_comment_linter"
+          ranges = list(c(token[["col1"]], token[["col2"]]))
         )
       }
     )

R/cyclocomp_linter.R

@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ cyclocomp_linter <- function(complexity_limit = 15L) {
         complexity_limit, ", this has ", complexity, "."
       ),
       ranges = list(c(source_file[["column"]][1], source_file[["column"]][1])),
-      line = source_file$lines[1],
-      linter = "cyclocomp_linter"
+      line = source_file$lines[1]
     )
   })
 }

R/deprecated.R

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ absolute_paths_linter <- function(source_file) {
   absolute_path_linter(lax = TRUE)(source_file)
 }
 class(absolute_paths_linter) <- "linter"
+attr(absolute_paths_linter, "name") <- "absolute_paths_linter"
 
 
 #' @describeIn lintr-deprecated Check there are no trailing semicolons.
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ trailing_semicolons_linter <- function(source_file) {
   semicolon_terminator_linter(semicolon = "trailing")(source_file)
 }
 class(trailing_semicolons_linter) <- "linter"
+attr(trailing_semicolons_linter, "name") <- "trailing_semicolons_linter"
 
 
 #' @describeIn lintr-deprecated Check that objects are not in camelCase.
@@ -59,10 +61,9 @@ camel_case_linter <- make_object_linter(function(source_file, parsed) {
       !is_base_function(parsed$text)) {
     object_lint(source_file,
                 parsed,
-                "Variable and function names should be all lowercase.",
-                "camel_case_linter")
+                "Variable and function names should be all lowercase.")
   }
-})
+}, name = "camel_case_linter")
 
 
 #' @describeIn lintr-deprecated Check that objects are not in snake_case.
@@ -78,10 +79,9 @@ snake_case_linter <- make_object_linter(function(source_file, parsed) {
       !is_base_function(parsed$text)) {
     object_lint(source_file,
                 parsed,
-                "Variable and function names should not use underscores.",
-                "snake_case_linter")
+                "Variable and function names should not use underscores.")
   }
-})
+}, name = "snake_case_linter")
 
 
 #' @describeIn lintr-deprecated check that objects do not have.multiple.dots.
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ multiple_dots_linter <- make_object_linter(function(source_file, parsed) {
       !is_base_function(parsed$text)) {
     object_lint(source_file,
                 parsed,
-                "Words within variable and function names should be separated by '_' rather than '.'.",
-                "multiple_dots_linter")
+                "Words within variable and function names should be separated by '_' rather than '.'.")
   }
-})
+}, name = "multiple_dots_linter")

R/equals_na_linter.R

@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ equals_na_linter <- function() {
 
     lapply(bad_expr, xml_nodes_to_lint, source_file,
            message = "Use is.na for comparisons to NA (not == or !=)",
-           linter = "equals_na_linter", type = "warning")
+           type = "warning")
   })
 }

R/expect_lint.R

@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ expect_lint <- function(content, checks, ..., file = NULL, language = "en") {
   }
 
   local({
-    itr <- 0L #nolint
-    lint_fields <- names(formals(Lint))
+    itr <- 0L
+    # keep 'linter' as a field even if we remove the deprecated argument from Lint() in the future
+    lint_fields <- unique(c(names(formals(Lint)), "linter"))
     Map(function(lint, check) {
       itr <<- itr + 1L
       lapply(names(check), function(field) {

R/extraction_operator_linter.R

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 #' @export
 extraction_operator_linter <- function() {
   Linter(function(source_file) {
-    tokens <- source_file[["parsed_content"]] <-
-      filter_out_token_type(source_file[["parsed_content"]], "expr")
+    tokens <- source_file[["parsed_content"]] <- filter_out_token_type(source_file[["parsed_content"]], "expr")
+
     lapply(
       ids_with_token(source_file, c("'$'", "'['"), fun = `%in%`),
       function(token_num) {
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ extraction_operator_linter <- function() {
           end_col_num <- token[["col2"]]
           line_num <- token[["line1"]]
           line <- source_file[["lines"]][[as.character(line_num)]]
+
           Lint(
             filename = source_file[["filename"]],
             line_number = line_num,
             column_number = start_col_num,
             type = "warning",
             message = sprintf("Use `[[` instead of `%s`  to extract an element.", token[["text"]]),
             line = line,
-            linter = "extraction_operator_linter",
             ranges = list(c(start_col_num, end_col_num))
           )
         }

R/function_left_parentheses.R

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function_left_parentheses_linter <- function() { # nolint: object_length_linter.
       ids_with_token(source_file, "'('"),
       function(id) {
 
-        parsed <- source_file$parsed_content[id, ]
+        parsed <- source_file$parsed_content[id,]
 
         terminal_tokens_before <-
           source_file$parsed_content$line1 == parsed$line1 &
@@ -34,12 +34,11 @@ function_left_parentheses_linter <- function() { # nolint: object_length_linter.
               column_number = parsed$col1,
               type = "style",
               message = "Remove spaces before the left parenthesis in a function call.",
-              line = line,
-              linter = "function_left_parentheses_linter"
+              line = line
             )
           }
         }
-
-      })
+      }
+    )
   })
 }

R/get_source_expressions.R

@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@ get_source_expressions <- function(filename) {
               column_number = 1,
               type = "error",
               message = e$message,
-              line = "",
-              linter = "error"
+              line = ""
             )
           )
           # nocov end
@@ -123,8 +122,7 @@ get_source_expressions <- function(filename) {
           column_number = column_number,
           type = "error",
           message = e$message,
-          line = source_file$lines[[line_number]],
-          linter = "error"
+          line = source_file$lines[[line_number]]
         )
       )
     }
@@ -148,8 +146,7 @@ get_source_expressions <- function(filename) {
       column_number = column_number,
       type = "error",
       message = message_info$message,
-      line = line,
-      linter = "error"
+      line = line
     )
   }
 
@@ -178,8 +175,7 @@ get_source_expressions <- function(filename) {
       column_number = column_number,
       type = "error",
       message = message_info$message,
-      line = source_file$lines[line_number],
-      linter = "error"
+      line = source_file$lines[line_number]
     )
   }
 

R/implicit_integer_linter.R

@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ implicit_integer_linter <- function() {
             message =
               "Integers should not be implicit. Use the form 1L for integers or 1.0 for doubles.",
             line = source_file[["lines"]][[as.character(line_num)]],
-            ranges = list(c(start_col_num, end_col_num)),
-            linter = "implicit_integer_linter"
+            ranges = list(c(start_col_num, end_col_num))
           )
         }
       }

R/infix_spaces_linter.R

@@ -21,32 +21,29 @@ infix_tokens <- c(
   "'*'",          # *        : unary multiplication
 
   NULL
-  )
+)
 
 #' @describeIn linters  Check that infix operators are surrounded by spaces.
 #' @export
 infix_spaces_linter <- function() {
   Linter(function(source_file) {
-    lapply(ids_with_token(source_file, infix_tokens, fun = `%in%`),
+    lapply(
+      ids_with_token(source_file, infix_tokens, fun = `%in%`),
       function(id) {
         parsed <- with_id(source_file, id)
 
         line <- source_file$lines[as.character(parsed$line1)]
 
         around_operator <- substr(line, parsed$col1 - 1L, parsed$col2 + 1L)
-
         non_space_before <- re_matches(around_operator, rex(start, non_space))
-
         newline_after <- unname(nchar(line)) %==% parsed$col2
-
         non_space_after <- re_matches(around_operator, rex(non_space, end))
 
         if (non_space_before || (!newline_after && non_space_after)) {
 
           # we only should check spacing if the operator is infix,
           # which only happens if there is more than one sibling
-          is_infix <-
-            length(siblings(source_file$parsed_content, parsed$id, 1)) > 1L
+          is_infix <- length(siblings(source_file$parsed_content, parsed$id, 1)) > 1L
 
           start <- end <- parsed$col1
 
@@ -65,13 +62,10 @@ infix_spaces_linter <- function() {
               type = "style",
               message = "Put spaces around all infix operators.",
               line = line,
-              ranges = list(c(start, end)),
-              linter = "infix_spaces_linter"
-              )
-
+              ranges = list(c(start, end))
+            )
           }
         }
-
       })
   })
 }

R/line_length_linter.R

@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ line_length_linter <- function(length = 80L) {
         type = "style",
         message = lint_message,
         line = source_file$file_lines[long_line],
-        ranges = list(c(1L, line_lengths[long_line])),
-        linter = "line_length_linter"
+        ranges = list(c(1L, line_lengths[long_line]))
       )
     })
   })