W0715 raising-format-tuple

Message

'Exception arguments suggest string formatting might be intended'

Description

Used when passing multiple arguments to an exception constructor, the first of them a string literal containing what appears to be placeholders intended for formatting

Example

def example():
    raise RuntimeError("This looks wrong %s %s", ("a", "b"))

def example2():
    raise RuntimeError("Maybe you meant this %s %s" % ("a", "b"))

2:4: W0715: Exception arguments suggest string formatting might be intended

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