redundant-backslash (E502)

Derived from the pycodestyle linter.

Fix is always available.

This rule is unstable and in preview. The --preview flag is required for use.

What it does

Checks for redundant backslashes between brackets.

Why is this bad?

Explicit line joins using a backslash are redundant between brackets.

Example

x = (2 + \
    2)

Use instead:

x = (2 +
    2)