testing other changes to pylint

gator/checkers.py

@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@ def load_check(checker_source, check_file):
     """Load the specified check from the source."""
     if is_internal_check(check_file):
         return importlib.import_module(checks.__name__ + "." + check_file)
-    else:
-        return checker_source.load_plugin(check_file)
+    return checker_source.load_plugin(check_file)
 
 
 def get_source(checker_paths=[]):

gator/report.py

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def set_result(description, outcome, diagnostic):
 def get_result():
     """Return the result dictionary."""
     # pylint: disable=global-statement
-    global result
+    # global result
     return result
 
 

gator/util.py

@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ def get_file_diagnostic_deep_exact(file_count_dictionary, value):
         if file_details == {}:
             file_details = get_first_not_equal_value(file_count_dictionary, value)
         # there is some type of exact match in the data set, so extract and return it
-        if file_details != {} and file_details != (0, 0):
+        if file_details not in {} and file_details not in (0, 0):
             file_name = file_details[0]
             file_count = file_details[1][1]
             file_name_phrase = (