"too-many-positional-arguments" on one machine, but does not know the error on the local machine

I am trying to set up a GitHub Actions workflow (definition below) checking for pylint requirements. I fixed this all on my local machine. Then I noticed getting a too-many-positional-arguments on the workflow. But my local machine doesn't know that specific error.

Now I tried to fix this by using pylint: disable=too-many-positional-arguments. Resulting in the following pylint error.

usc_sign_in_bot/db_helpers.py:345:0: W0012: Unknown option value for 'disable', expected a valid pylint message and got 'too-many-positional-arguments' (unknown-option-value)

Also adding the R0917 error message to the .pylintrc (also defined below) disable menu, does not help as it just gets a local error about not knowing the message to disable.

Both github & local have pylint==3.3.1 installed.

I think it's some kind of version mismatch but i am not sure how that would happen as the pylint versions are both the same and both use the same .pylintrc. Does anyone know where this mismatch comes from?

.github/workflows/pylint:

name: pylint

on: [push]

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        python-version: ["3.10"]
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
      with:
        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
    - name: Install dependencies
      run: |
        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
        python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
        pip install pytest pylint==3.3.1
    - name: Analysing the code with pylint
      run: |
        pylint usc_sign_in_bot/
        pylint tests/

.pylintrc:

[MAIN]
# Specify a configuration file.
load-plugins=pylint.extensions.docstyle

# Use multiple processes to speed up Pylint. Specifying 0 will auto-detect the
# number of processors available to use.
jobs=0

# Specify a score threshold to be exceeded before program exits with error.
fail-under=10.0

[MESSAGES CONTROL]
# Disable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s).
disable=C0199,E0401,E0611

# Disable the score feature, we want it right
score=no

[FORMAT]

# Maximum number of characters on a single line.
max-line-length=100

# Allow the body of an if to be on the same line as the test if there is no
# else.
single-line-if-stmt=no

[DESIGN]

# Maximum number of arguments for function / method.
max-args=10

[DOCSTRING]
# Require all classes and methods to have a docstring.
docstring-min-length=10

[CONVENTION]
# Ensure docstrings are present for all modules, classes, methods, and functions.
good-names=i,j,k,ex,Run,_

[REPORTS]
# Tweak the output format. You can have a full report with `yes`.
reports=no

[TYPECHECK]
generated-members=numpy.*,torch.*

[EXCEPTIONS]
# This option represents a list of qualified names for which no member or method should be checked.
ignored-classes=NotImplementedError

Solution

I also experienced a similar issue, try setting max-positional-arguments=10 in your .pylintrc.

Also, have a look at https://pylint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/messages/refactor/too-many-positional-arguments.html

Problematic code:

# +1: [too-many-positional-arguments]
def calculate_drag_force(velocity, area, density, drag_coefficient):
    return 0.5 * drag_coefficient * density * area * velocity**2


drag_force = calculate_drag_force(30, 2.5, 1.225, 0.47)

Correct code:

def calculate_drag_force(*, velocity, area, density, drag_coefficient):
    return 0.5 * drag_coefficient * density * area * velocity**2


drag_force = calculate_drag_force(
    velocity=30, area=2.5, density=1.225, drag_coefficient=0.47