pylint/config.py
def _validate(value, optdict, name=""):
    """return a validated value for an option according to its type

    optional argument name is only used for error message formatting
    """
    try:
        _type = optdict["type"]
    except KeyError:
        # FIXME
        return value
    return _call_validator(_type, optdict, name, value)
def _validate(value, optdict, name=""):
    """return a validated value for an option according to its type

    optional argument name is only used for error message formatting
    """
    try:
        _type = optdict["type"]
    except KeyError:
        # FIXME
        return value
    return _call_validator(_type, optdict, name, value)
return a validated value for an option according to its type

    optional argument name is only used for error message formatting