avoidable-escaped-quote (Q003)

Derived from the flake8-quotes linter.

Fix is always available.

What it does

Checks for strings that include escaped quotes, and suggests changing the quote style to avoid the need to escape them.

Why is this bad?

It's preferable to avoid escaped quotes in strings. By changing the outer quote style, you can avoid escaping inner quotes.

Example

foo = 'bar\'s'

Use instead:

foo = "bar's"

Formatter compatibility

We recommend against using this rule alongside the formatter. The formatter automatically removes unnecessary escapes, making the rule redundant.