#
# linter.py
# Linter for SublimeLinter3, a code checking framework for Sublime Text 3
#
# Written by Ryan Hileman and Aparajita Fishman
# Copyright (c) 2013 Aparajita Fishman
#
# Project: https://github.com/SublimeLinter/SublimeLinter-contrib-pyflakes
# License: MIT
#

"""This module exports the Pyflakes plugin linter class."""

from io import StringIO

try:
    from pyflakes.reporter import Reporter
except ImportError:
    pass

from SublimeLinter.lint import PythonLinter


class Pyflakes(PythonLinter):

    """Provides an interface to the pyflakes python module/script."""

    language = 'python'
    cmd = 'pyflakes@python'
    regex = r'''(?x)
        .+?:\s*               # filename
        (?P<line>\d+):\s*     # line number

        # The rest of the line is the error message.
        # Within that, capture anything within single quotes as 'near'.
        (?P<message>[^\'\n\r]+(?P<near>\'.+?\')?.*)

        # The error message may be followed by the offending line of code...
        (?:\r?\n.*

        # and then another line with a caret (preceded by spaces)
        # pointing to the position where the error occurred.
        \r?\n(?P<col>[ ]+)\^)?
    '''
    multiline = True
    module = 'pyflakes.api'
    check_version = True

    def check(self, code, filename):
        """Run pyflakes.check on code and return the output."""

        output = StringIO()
        reporter = Reporter(output, output)

        self.module.check(code, filename, reporter=reporter)
        return output.getvalue()

#
# linter.py
# Linter for SublimeLinter3, a code checking framework for Sublime Text 3
#
# Written by Ryan Hileman and Aparajita Fishman
# Copyright (c) 2013 Aparajita Fishman
#
# Project: https://github.com/SublimeLinter/SublimeLinter-contrib-pyflakes
# License: MIT
#

"""This module exports the Pyflakes plugin linter class."""

from io import StringIO

try:
    from pyflakes.reporter import Reporter
except ImportError:
    pass

from SublimeLinter.lint import PythonLinter


class Pyflakes(PythonLinter):

    """Provides an interface to the pyflakes python module/script."""

    syntax = 'python'
    cmd = 'pyflakes@python'
    regex = r'''(?x)
        .+?:\s*               # filename
        (?P<line>\d+):\s*     # line number

        # The rest of the line is the error message.
        # Within that, capture anything within single quotes as 'near'.
        (?P<message>[^\'\n\r]+(?P<near>\'.+?\')?.*)

        # The error message may be followed by the offending line of code...
        (?:\r?\n.*

        # and then another line with a caret (preceded by spaces)
        # pointing to the position where the error occurred.
        \r?\n(?P<col>[ ]+)\^)?
    '''
    multiline = True
    module = 'pyflakes.api'
    check_version = True

    def check(self, code, filename):
        """Run pyflakes.check on code and return the output."""

        output = StringIO()
        reporter = Reporter(output, output)

        self.module.check(code, filename, reporter=reporter)
        return output.getvalue()

Change 'language' to 'syntax', that is more precise terminology.