diff --git a/.prospector.yaml b/.prospector.yaml
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+++ b/.prospector.yaml
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+strictness: veryhigh
+doc-warnings: false
+test-warnings: false
+
+max-line-length: 139
+
+requirements:
+  - requirements.txt
+  - requirements-test.txt
+  - requirements-optional.txt
+
+ignore-paths:
+  - parse.py
+  - utils/
+
+python-targets:
+  - 2
+  - 3
+
+mccabe:
+  run: false
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
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+[MASTER]
+ignore=tests
+
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+# messages up to fixme should probably be fixed somehow
+disable = redefined-builtin,attribute-defined-outside-init,anomalous-backslash-in-string,no-self-use,redefined-outer-name,bad-continuation,wrong-import-order,superfluous-parens,no-member,duplicate-code,super-init-not-called,abstract-method,property-on-old-class,wrong-import-position,no-name-in-module,no-init,bad-mcs-classmethod-argument,bad-classmethod-argument,fixme,invalid-name,import-error,too-few-public-methods,too-many-ancestors,too-many-arguments,too-many-boolean-expressions,too-many-branches,too-many-instance-attributes,too-many-locals,too-many-lines,too-many-public-methods,too-many-return-statements,too-many-statements,missing-docstring,line-too-long,locally-disabled,locally-enabled,bad-builtin,deprecated-lambda
+
+[FORMAT]
+max-line-length=139
+single-line-if-stmt=no