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Allow comments and empty lines in dictionary #3901
Description
I'd like to add a comment to a dictionary (similar to how issue #2063 requests this for ignore-words files):
gdbsever->gdbserver
tcllint->tclint
recordered->recorded
+# Comment.
but it makes codespell crash:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/vries/.cache/pre-commit/repoxmktmlyg/py_env-python3.13/bin/codespell", line 6, in <module>
sys.exit(_script_main())
~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/home/vries/.cache/pre-commit/repoxmktmlyg/py_env-python3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/codespell_lib/_codespell.py", line 1234, in _script_main
return main(*sys.argv[1:])
File "/home/vries/.cache/pre-commit/repoxmktmlyg/py_env-python3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/codespell_lib/_codespell.py", line 1363, in main
build_dict(dictionary, misspellings, ignore_words)
~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/vries/.cache/pre-commit/repoxmktmlyg/py_env-python3.13/lib/python3.13/site-packages/codespell_lib/_spellchecker.py", line 57, in build_dict
[key, data] = line.split("->")
^^^^^^^^^^^
ValueError: not enough values to unpack (expected 2, got 1)
Likewise, empty lines:
gdbsever->gdbserver
tcllint->tclint
+
recordered->recorded
make codespell crash.
For now, for adding comments I'm making do with this hack:
gdbsever->gdbserver
tcllint->tclint
recordered->recorded
+-># Comment.
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AlightSoulmate commentedon Apr 14, 2026
Add validation to
build_dictloop incodespell_lib/_spellchecker.pyto prevent crashes:[gdb/contrib] Add missing copyright notices