diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 316f551390c5bfe638a8380376f6d71eb6dd9ab1..e3ac6172686abdb7553e40ed9714816100708e46 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -253,6 +253,21 @@ PyPy POCL:
     reports:
       junit: test/pytest.xml
 
+Pylint:
+  script:
+  - EXTRA_INSTALL="pybind11 numpy mako matplotlib PyOpenGl IPython"
+  - py_version=3.6
+  # After installation, PyOpenCL cannot be used from the source directory due
+  # to package shadowing. To work around this, build in editable mode so there
+  # is only one copy of everything.
+  - PROJECT_INSTALL_FLAGS="--editable"
+  - curl -L -O -k https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/master/prepare-and-run-pylint.sh
+  - ". ./prepare-and-run-pylint.sh pyopencl test/test_*.py"
+  tags:
+  - python3.6
+  except:
+  - tags
+
 Documentation:
   script:
   - EXTRA_INSTALL="pybind11 numpy mako"
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9389377fb73abfeb2fbcc90b7ad0c20da894bbef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,813 @@
+# Based on: https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/237bf5f0414a47499bc9ce4ef54ebd285e6fe648/.pylintrc-default
+
+[MASTER]
+
+# A comma-separated list of package or module names from where C extensions may
+# be loaded. Extensions are loading into the active Python interpreter and may
+# run arbitrary code.
+extension-pkg-whitelist=numpy
+
+# Add files or directories to the blacklist. They should be base names, not
+# paths.
+ignore=CVS,compyte
+
+# Add files or directories matching the regex patterns to the blacklist. The
+# regex matches against base names, not paths.
+ignore-patterns=
+
+# Python code to execute, usually for sys.path manipulation such as
+# pygtk.require().
+#init-hook=
+
+# Use multiple processes to speed up Pylint. Specifying 0 will auto-detect the
+# number of processors available to use.
+jobs=1
+
+# Control the amount of potential inferred values when inferring a single
+# object. This can help the performance when dealing with large functions or
+# complex, nested conditions.
+limit-inference-results=100
+
+# List of plugins (as comma separated values of python modules names) to load,
+# usually to register additional checkers.
+load-plugins=
+
+# Pickle collected data for later comparisons.
+persistent=no
+
+# Specify a configuration file.
+#rcfile=
+
+# When enabled, pylint would attempt to guess common misconfiguration and emit
+# user-friendly hints instead of false-positive error messages.
+suggestion-mode=yes
+
+# Allow loading of arbitrary C extensions. Extensions are imported into the
+# active Python interpreter and may run arbitrary code.
+unsafe-load-any-extension=no
+
+
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+
+# Only show warnings with the listed confidence levels. Leave empty to show
+# all. Valid levels: HIGH, INFERENCE, INFERENCE_FAILURE, UNDEFINED.
+confidence=
+
+# Disable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You
+# can either give multiple identifiers separated by comma (,) or put this
+# option multiple times (only on the command line, not in the configuration
+# file where it should appear only once). You can also use "--disable=all" to
+# disable everything first and then reenable specific checks. For example, if
+# you want to run only the similarities checker, you can use "--disable=all
+# --enable=similarities". If you want to run only the classes checker, but have
+# no Warning level messages displayed, use "--disable=all --enable=classes
+# --disable=W".
+disable=assignment-from-no-return,  # https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/2694
+        blacklisted-name,
+        invalid-name,
+        missing-docstring,
+        empty-docstring,
+        unneeded-not,
+        singleton-comparison,
+        misplaced-comparison-constant,
+        unidiomatic-typecheck,
+        consider-using-enumerate,
+        consider-iterating-dictionary,
+        bad-classmethod-argument,
+        bad-mcs-method-argument,
+        bad-mcs-classmethod-argument,
+        single-string-used-for-slots,
+        line-too-long,
+        too-many-lines,
+        trailing-whitespace,
+        missing-final-newline,
+        trailing-newlines,
+        multiple-statements,
+        superfluous-parens,
+        bad-whitespace,
+        mixed-line-endings,
+        unexpected-line-ending-format,
+        bad-continuation,
+        wrong-spelling-in-comment,
+        wrong-spelling-in-docstring,
+        invalid-characters-in-docstring,
+        multiple-imports,
+        wrong-import-order,
+        ungrouped-imports,
+        wrong-import-position,
+        useless-import-alias,
+        len-as-condition,
+        print-statement,
+        parameter-unpacking,
+        unpacking-in-except,
+        old-raise-syntax,
+        backtick,
+        long-suffix,
+        old-ne-operator,
+        old-octal-literal,
+        import-star-module-level,
+        non-ascii-bytes-literal,
+        raw-checker-failed,
+        bad-inline-option,
+        locally-disabled,
+        file-ignored,
+        suppressed-message,
+        useless-suppression,
+        deprecated-pragma,
+        use-symbolic-message-instead,
+        c-extension-no-member,
+        literal-comparison,
+        comparison-with-itself,
+        no-self-use,
+        no-classmethod-decorator,
+        no-staticmethod-decorator,
+        useless-object-inheritance,
+        cyclic-import,
+        duplicate-code,
+        too-many-ancestors,
+        too-many-instance-attributes,
+        too-few-public-methods,
+        too-many-public-methods,
+        too-many-return-statements,
+        too-many-branches,
+        too-many-arguments,
+        too-many-locals,
+        too-many-statements,
+        too-many-boolean-expressions,
+        consider-merging-isinstance,
+        too-many-nested-blocks,
+        simplifiable-if-statement,
+        redefined-argument-from-local,
+        no-else-return,
+        consider-using-ternary,
+        trailing-comma-tuple,
+        stop-iteration-return,
+        simplify-boolean-expression,
+        inconsistent-return-statements,
+        useless-return,
+        consider-swap-variables,
+        consider-using-join,
+        consider-using-in,
+        consider-using-get,
+        chained-comparison,
+        consider-using-dict-comprehension,
+        consider-using-set-comprehension,
+        simplifiable-if-expression,
+        unreachable,
+        dangerous-default-value,
+        pointless-statement,
+        pointless-string-statement,
+        expression-not-assigned,
+        unnecessary-pass,
+        unnecessary-lambda,
+        duplicate-key,
+        assign-to-new-keyword,
+        useless-else-on-loop,
+        exec-used,
+        eval-used,
+        confusing-with-statement,
+        using-constant-test,
+        comparison-with-callable,
+        lost-exception,
+        assert-on-tuple,
+        attribute-defined-outside-init,
+        bad-staticmethod-argument,
+        protected-access,
+        arguments-differ,
+        signature-differs,
+        abstract-method,
+        super-init-not-called,
+        no-init,
+        non-parent-init-called,
+        useless-super-delegation,
+        unnecessary-semicolon,
+        bad-indentation,
+        mixed-indentation,
+        wildcard-import,
+        deprecated-module,
+        relative-import,
+        reimported,
+        import-self,
+        misplaced-future,
+        fixme,
+        invalid-encoded-data,
+        global-variable-undefined,
+        global-variable-not-assigned,
+        global-statement,
+        global-at-module-level,
+        unused-import,
+        unused-variable,
+        unused-argument,
+        unused-wildcard-import,
+        redefined-outer-name,
+        redefined-builtin,
+        redefine-in-handler,
+        undefined-loop-variable,
+        unbalanced-tuple-unpacking,
+        cell-var-from-loop,
+        possibly-unused-variable,
+        self-cls-assignment,
+        bare-except,
+        broad-except,
+        duplicate-except,
+        try-except-raise,
+        binary-op-exception,
+        raising-format-tuple,
+        keyword-arg-before-vararg,
+        logging-not-lazy,
+        logging-format-interpolation,
+        logging-fstring-interpolation,
+        bad-format-string-key,
+        unused-format-string-key,
+        bad-format-string,
+        missing-format-argument-key,
+        unused-format-string-argument,
+        format-combined-specification,
+        missing-format-attribute,
+        invalid-format-index,
+        duplicate-string-formatting-argument,
+        anomalous-backslash-in-string,
+        anomalous-unicode-escape-in-string,
+        implicit-str-concat-in-sequence,
+        bad-open-mode,
+        boolean-datetime,
+        redundant-unittest-assert,
+        deprecated-method,
+        bad-thread-instantiation,
+        shallow-copy-environ,
+        invalid-envvar-default,
+        subprocess-popen-preexec-fn,
+        apply-builtin,
+        basestring-builtin,
+        buffer-builtin,
+        cmp-builtin,
+        coerce-builtin,
+        execfile-builtin,
+        file-builtin,
+        long-builtin,
+        raw_input-builtin,
+        reduce-builtin,
+        standarderror-builtin,
+        unicode-builtin,
+        xrange-builtin,
+        coerce-method,
+        delslice-method,
+        getslice-method,
+        setslice-method,
+        no-absolute-import,
+        old-division,
+        dict-iter-method,
+        dict-view-method,
+        next-method-called,
+        metaclass-assignment,
+        indexing-exception,
+        raising-string,
+        reload-builtin,
+        oct-method,
+        hex-method,
+        nonzero-method,
+        cmp-method,
+        input-builtin,
+        round-builtin,
+        intern-builtin,
+        unichr-builtin,
+        map-builtin-not-iterating,
+        zip-builtin-not-iterating,
+        range-builtin-not-iterating,
+        filter-builtin-not-iterating,
+        using-cmp-argument,
+        eq-without-hash,
+        div-method,
+        idiv-method,
+        rdiv-method,
+        exception-message-attribute,
+        invalid-str-codec,
+        sys-max-int,
+        bad-python3-import,
+        deprecated-string-function,
+        deprecated-str-translate-call,
+        deprecated-itertools-function,
+        deprecated-types-field,
+        next-method-defined,
+        dict-items-not-iterating,
+        dict-keys-not-iterating,
+        dict-values-not-iterating,
+        deprecated-operator-function,
+        deprecated-urllib-function,
+        xreadlines-attribute,
+        deprecated-sys-function,
+        exception-escape,
+        comprehension-escape
+
+# Enable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You can
+# either give multiple identifier separated by comma (,) or put this option
+# multiple time (only on the command line, not in the configuration file where
+# it should appear only once). See also the "--disable" option for examples.
+enable=syntax-error,
+       unrecognized-inline-option,
+       bad-option-value,
+       init-is-generator,
+       return-in-init,
+       function-redefined,
+       not-in-loop,
+       return-outside-function,
+       yield-outside-function,
+       return-arg-in-generator,
+       nonexistent-operator,
+       duplicate-argument-name,
+       abstract-class-instantiated,
+       bad-reversed-sequence,
+       too-many-star-expressions,
+       invalid-star-assignment-target,
+       star-needs-assignment-target,
+       nonlocal-and-global,
+       continue-in-finally,
+       nonlocal-without-binding,
+       used-prior-global-declaration,
+       misplaced-format-function,
+       method-hidden,
+       access-member-before-definition,
+       no-method-argument,
+       no-self-argument,
+       invalid-slots-object,
+       assigning-non-slot,
+       invalid-slots,
+       inherit-non-class,
+       inconsistent-mro,
+       duplicate-bases,
+       non-iterator-returned,
+       unexpected-special-method-signature,
+       invalid-length-returned,
+       import-error,
+       relative-beyond-top-level,
+       used-before-assignment,
+       undefined-variable,
+       undefined-all-variable,
+       invalid-all-object,
+       no-name-in-module,
+       unpacking-non-sequence,
+       bad-except-order,
+       raising-bad-type,
+       bad-exception-context,
+       misplaced-bare-raise,
+       raising-non-exception,
+       notimplemented-raised,
+       catching-non-exception,
+       bad-super-call,
+       missing-super-argument,
+       no-member,
+       not-callable,
+       no-value-for-parameter,
+       too-many-function-args,
+       unexpected-keyword-arg,
+       redundant-keyword-arg,
+       missing-kwoa,
+       invalid-sequence-index,
+       invalid-slice-index,
+       assignment-from-none,
+       not-context-manager,
+       invalid-unary-operand-type,
+       unsupported-binary-operation,
+       repeated-keyword,
+       not-an-iterable,
+       not-a-mapping,
+       unsupported-membership-test,
+       unsubscriptable-object,
+       unsupported-assignment-operation,
+       unsupported-delete-operation,
+       invalid-metaclass,
+       unhashable-dict-key,
+       logging-unsupported-format,
+       logging-format-truncated,
+       logging-too-many-args,
+       logging-too-few-args,
+       bad-format-character,
+       truncated-format-string,
+       mixed-format-string,
+       format-needs-mapping,
+       missing-format-string-key,
+       too-many-format-args,
+       too-few-format-args,
+       bad-string-format-type,
+       bad-str-strip-call,
+       invalid-envvar-value,
+       yield-inside-async-function,
+       not-async-context-manager,
+       fatal,
+       astroid-error,
+       parse-error,
+       method-check-failed
+
+
+[REPORTS]
+
+# Python expression which should return a note less than 10 (10 is the highest
+# note). You have access to the variables errors warning, statement which
+# respectively contain the number of errors / warnings messages and the total
+# number of statements analyzed. This is used by the global evaluation report
+# (RP0004).
+evaluation=10.0 - ((float(5 * error + warning + refactor + convention) / statement) * 10)
+
+# Template used to display messages. This is a python new-style format string
+# used to format the message information. See doc for all details.
+#msg-template=
+
+# Set the output format. Available formats are text, parseable, colorized, json
+# and msvs (visual studio). You can also give a reporter class, e.g.
+# mypackage.mymodule.MyReporterClass.
+output-format=text
+
+# Tells whether to display a full report or only the messages.
+reports=no
+
+# Activate the evaluation score.
+score=no
+
+
+[REFACTORING]
+
+# Maximum number of nested blocks for function / method body
+max-nested-blocks=5
+
+# Complete name of functions that never returns. When checking for
+# inconsistent-return-statements if a never returning function is called then
+# it will be considered as an explicit return statement and no message will be
+# printed.
+never-returning-functions=sys.exit
+
+
+[LOGGING]
+
+# Format style used to check logging format string. `old` means using %
+# formatting, while `new` is for `{}` formatting.
+logging-format-style=old
+
+# Logging modules to check that the string format arguments are in logging
+# function parameter format.
+logging-modules=logging
+
+
+[SPELLING]
+
+# Limits count of emitted suggestions for spelling mistakes.
+max-spelling-suggestions=4
+
+# Spelling dictionary name. Available dictionaries: none. To make it working
+# install python-enchant package..
+spelling-dict=
+
+# List of comma separated words that should not be checked.
+spelling-ignore-words=
+
+# A path to a file that contains private dictionary; one word per line.
+spelling-private-dict-file=
+
+# Tells whether to store unknown words to indicated private dictionary in
+# --spelling-private-dict-file option instead of raising a message.
+spelling-store-unknown-words=no
+
+
+[MISCELLANEOUS]
+
+# List of note tags to take in consideration, separated by a comma.
+notes=FIXME,
+      XXX,
+      TODO
+
+
+[TYPECHECK]
+
+# List of decorators that produce context managers, such as
+# contextlib.contextmanager. Add to this list to register other decorators that
+# produce valid context managers.
+contextmanager-decorators=contextlib.contextmanager
+
+# List of members which are set dynamically and missed by pylint inference
+# system, and so shouldn't trigger E1101 when accessed. Python regular
+# expressions are accepted.
+generated-members=cltypes.*,gl_platform.*,mako.template
+
+# Tells whether missing members accessed in mixin class should be ignored. A
+# mixin class is detected if its name ends with "mixin" (case insensitive).
+ignore-mixin-members=yes
+
+# Tells whether to warn about missing members when the owner of the attribute
+# is inferred to be None.
+ignore-none=yes
+
+# This flag controls whether pylint should warn about no-member and similar
+# checks whenever an opaque object is returned when inferring. The inference
+# can return multiple potential results while evaluating a Python object, but
+# some branches might not be evaluated, which results in partial inference. In
+# that case, it might be useful to still emit no-member and other checks for
+# the rest of the inferred objects.
+ignore-on-opaque-inference=yes
+
+# List of class names for which member attributes should not be checked (useful
+# for classes with dynamically set attributes). This supports the use of
+# qualified names.
+ignored-classes=optparse.Values,thread._local,_thread._local
+
+# List of module names for which member attributes should not be checked
+# (useful for modules/projects where namespaces are manipulated during runtime
+# and thus existing member attributes cannot be deduced by static analysis. It
+# supports qualified module names, as well as Unix pattern matching.
+ignored-modules=
+
+# Show a hint with possible names when a member name was not found. The aspect
+# of finding the hint is based on edit distance.
+missing-member-hint=yes
+
+# The minimum edit distance a name should have in order to be considered a
+# similar match for a missing member name.
+missing-member-hint-distance=1
+
+# The total number of similar names that should be taken in consideration when
+# showing a hint for a missing member.
+missing-member-max-choices=1
+
+
+[VARIABLES]
+
+# List of additional names supposed to be defined in builtins. Remember that
+# you should avoid defining new builtins when possible.
+additional-builtins=
+
+# Tells whether unused global variables should be treated as a violation.
+allow-global-unused-variables=yes
+
+# List of strings which can identify a callback function by name. A callback
+# name must start or end with one of those strings.
+callbacks=cb_,
+          _cb
+
+# A regular expression matching the name of dummy variables (i.e. expected to
+# not be used).
+dummy-variables-rgx=_+$|(_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*[a-zA-Z0-9]+?$)|dummy|^ignored_|^unused_
+
+# Argument names that match this expression will be ignored. Default to name
+# with leading underscore.
+ignored-argument-names=_.*|^ignored_|^unused_
+
+# Tells whether we should check for unused import in __init__ files.
+init-import=no
+
+# List of qualified module names which can have objects that can redefine
+# builtins.
+redefining-builtins-modules=six.moves,past.builtins,future.builtins,builtins,io
+
+
+[FORMAT]
+
+# Expected format of line ending, e.g. empty (any line ending), LF or CRLF.
+expected-line-ending-format=
+
+# Regexp for a line that is allowed to be longer than the limit.
+ignore-long-lines=^\s*(# )?<?https?://\S+>?$
+
+# Number of spaces of indent required inside a hanging or continued line.
+indent-after-paren=4
+
+# String used as indentation unit. This is usually "    " (4 spaces) or "\t" (1
+# tab).
+indent-string='    '
+
+# Maximum number of characters on a single line.
+max-line-length=100
+
+# Maximum number of lines in a module.
+max-module-lines=1000
+
+# List of optional constructs for which whitespace checking is disabled. `dict-
+# separator` is used to allow tabulation in dicts, etc.: {1  : 1,\n222: 2}.
+# `trailing-comma` allows a space between comma and closing bracket: (a, ).
+# `empty-line` allows space-only lines.
+no-space-check=trailing-comma,
+               dict-separator
+
+# Allow the body of a class to be on the same line as the declaration if body
+# contains single statement.
+single-line-class-stmt=no
+
+# 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
+
+
+[SIMILARITIES]
+
+# Ignore comments when computing similarities.
+ignore-comments=yes
+
+# Ignore docstrings when computing similarities.
+ignore-docstrings=yes
+
+# Ignore imports when computing similarities.
+ignore-imports=no
+
+# Minimum lines number of a similarity.
+min-similarity-lines=4
+
+
+[BASIC]
+
+# Naming style matching correct argument names.
+argument-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct argument names. Overrides argument-
+# naming-style.
+#argument-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct attribute names.
+attr-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct attribute names. Overrides attr-naming-
+# style.
+#attr-rgx=
+
+# Bad variable names which should always be refused, separated by a comma.
+bad-names=foo,
+          bar,
+          baz,
+          toto,
+          tutu,
+          tata
+
+# Naming style matching correct class attribute names.
+class-attribute-naming-style=any
+
+# Regular expression matching correct class attribute names. Overrides class-
+# attribute-naming-style.
+#class-attribute-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct class names.
+class-naming-style=PascalCase
+
+# Regular expression matching correct class names. Overrides class-naming-
+# style.
+#class-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct constant names.
+const-naming-style=UPPER_CASE
+
+# Regular expression matching correct constant names. Overrides const-naming-
+# style.
+#const-rgx=
+
+# Minimum line length for functions/classes that require docstrings, shorter
+# ones are exempt.
+docstring-min-length=-1
+
+# Naming style matching correct function names.
+function-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct function names. Overrides function-
+# naming-style.
+#function-rgx=
+
+# Good variable names which should always be accepted, separated by a comma.
+good-names=i,
+           j,
+           k,
+           ex,
+           Run,
+           _
+
+# Include a hint for the correct naming format with invalid-name.
+include-naming-hint=no
+
+# Naming style matching correct inline iteration names.
+inlinevar-naming-style=any
+
+# Regular expression matching correct inline iteration names. Overrides
+# inlinevar-naming-style.
+#inlinevar-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct method names.
+method-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct method names. Overrides method-naming-
+# style.
+#method-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct module names.
+module-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct module names. Overrides module-naming-
+# style.
+#module-rgx=
+
+# Colon-delimited sets of names that determine each other's naming style when
+# the name regexes allow several styles.
+name-group=
+
+# Regular expression which should only match function or class names that do
+# not require a docstring.
+no-docstring-rgx=^_
+
+# List of decorators that produce properties, such as abc.abstractproperty. Add
+# to this list to register other decorators that produce valid properties.
+# These decorators are taken in consideration only for invalid-name.
+property-classes=abc.abstractproperty
+
+# Naming style matching correct variable names.
+variable-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct variable names. Overrides variable-
+# naming-style.
+#variable-rgx=
+
+
+[IMPORTS]
+
+# Allow wildcard imports from modules that define __all__.
+allow-wildcard-with-all=no
+
+# Analyse import fallback blocks. This can be used to support both Python 2 and
+# 3 compatible code, which means that the block might have code that exists
+# only in one or another interpreter, leading to false positives when analysed.
+analyse-fallback-blocks=no
+
+# Deprecated modules which should not be used, separated by a comma.
+deprecated-modules=optparse,tkinter.tix
+
+# Create a graph of external dependencies in the given file (report RP0402 must
+# not be disabled).
+ext-import-graph=
+
+# Create a graph of every (i.e. internal and external) dependencies in the
+# given file (report RP0402 must not be disabled).
+import-graph=
+
+# Create a graph of internal dependencies in the given file (report RP0402 must
+# not be disabled).
+int-import-graph=
+
+# Force import order to recognize a module as part of the standard
+# compatibility libraries.
+known-standard-library=
+
+# Force import order to recognize a module as part of a third party library.
+known-third-party=enchant
+
+
+[CLASSES]
+
+# List of method names used to declare (i.e. assign) instance attributes.
+defining-attr-methods=__init__,
+                      __new__,
+                      setUp
+
+# List of member names, which should be excluded from the protected access
+# warning.
+exclude-protected=_asdict,
+                  _fields,
+                  _replace,
+                  _source,
+                  _make
+
+# List of valid names for the first argument in a class method.
+valid-classmethod-first-arg=cls
+
+# List of valid names for the first argument in a metaclass class method.
+valid-metaclass-classmethod-first-arg=cls
+
+
+[DESIGN]
+
+# Maximum number of arguments for function / method.
+max-args=5
+
+# Maximum number of attributes for a class (see R0902).
+max-attributes=7
+
+# Maximum number of boolean expressions in an if statement.
+max-bool-expr=5
+
+# Maximum number of branch for function / method body.
+max-branches=12
+
+# Maximum number of locals for function / method body.
+max-locals=15
+
+# Maximum number of parents for a class (see R0901).
+max-parents=7
+
+# Maximum number of public methods for a class (see R0904).
+max-public-methods=20
+
+# Maximum number of return / yield for function / method body.
+max-returns=6
+
+# Maximum number of statements in function / method body.
+max-statements=50
+
+# Minimum number of public methods for a class (see R0903).
+min-public-methods=2
+
+
+[EXCEPTIONS]
+
+# Exceptions that will emit a warning when being caught. Defaults to
+# "Exception".
+overgeneral-exceptions=Exception
diff --git a/pyopencl/__init__.py b/pyopencl/__init__.py
index 179000d3acc9289af029987ca4be22898c042c44..5d2976c4918a9e834e53d63b09f33899a75fb91f 100644
--- a/pyopencl/__init__.py
+++ b/pyopencl/__init__.py
@@ -1967,8 +1967,8 @@ def svm_empty_like(ctx, flags, ary, alignment=None):
     else:
         raise ValueError("array is neither C- nor Fortran-contiguous")
 
-    return svm_empty(ctx, ary.shape, ary.dtype, order,
-            flags=flags, alignment=alignment)
+    return svm_empty(ctx, flags, ary.shape, ary.dtype, order,
+            alignment=alignment)
 
 
 def csvm_empty(ctx, shape, dtype, order="C", alignment=None):
diff --git a/pyopencl/array.py b/pyopencl/array.py
index 429affba0d5283cf815f662366548ffdadc45c7b..1bfdc137434e88700cfb987d107f720fe8ed1702 100644
--- a/pyopencl/array.py
+++ b/pyopencl/array.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 """CL device arrays."""
 
+# pylint:disable=unexpected-keyword-arg  # for @elwise_kernel_runner
+
 from __future__ import division, absolute_import
 
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2009 Andreas Kloeckner"
@@ -2279,9 +2281,8 @@ def multi_put(arrays, dest_indices, dest_shape=None, out=None, queue=None,
     vec_count = len(arrays)
 
     if out is None:
-        out = [Array(queue, dest_shape, a_dtype,
-            allocator=a_allocator, queue=queue)
-            for i in range(vec_count)]
+        out = [Array(queue, dest_shape, a_dtype, allocator=a_allocator)
+                for _ in range(vec_count)]
     else:
         if a_dtype != single_valued(o.dtype for o in out):
             raise TypeError("arrays and out must have the same dtype")
diff --git a/pyopencl/cache.py b/pyopencl/cache.py
index 3e4bc65d13dc62267c5d12e3346842e4617327c8..fd46dc5c88fd85b3731f5758d38ee56492f9f69e 100644
--- a/pyopencl/cache.py
+++ b/pyopencl/cache.py
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ def create_built_program_from_source_cached(ctx, src, options_bytes, devices=Non
     except Exception as e:
         from pyopencl import Error
         if (isinstance(e, Error)
-                and e.code == _cl.status_code.BUILD_PROGRAM_FAILURE):
+                and e.code == _cl.status_code.BUILD_PROGRAM_FAILURE):  # noqa pylint:disable=no-member
             # no need to try again
             raise
 
diff --git a/pyopencl/characterize/performance.py b/pyopencl/characterize/performance.py
index f3f2d8947c6ada90356e228b23961a9fb369c375..f0c769077fe4a2d2959b5f39e2f46588c0eca3cc 100644
--- a/pyopencl/characterize/performance.py
+++ b/pyopencl/characterize/performance.py
@@ -50,15 +50,15 @@ class WallTimer(Timer):
     def start(self):
         from time import time
         self.queue.finish()
-        self.start = time()
+        self.start_time = time()
 
     def stop(self):
         from time import time
         self.queue.finish()
-        self.end = time()
+        self.end_time = time()
 
     def get_elapsed(self):
-        return self.end-self.start
+        return self.end_time-self.start_time
 
 
 def _get_time(queue, f, timer_factory=None, desired_duration=0.1,
diff --git a/pyopencl/clmath.py b/pyopencl/clmath.py
index 6d45fe44ceb02fa13c7c6fb4563045e3aecdd87c..2ae8bfbfa22fd1842134c8db96be03a2e7fb9a44 100644
--- a/pyopencl/clmath.py
+++ b/pyopencl/clmath.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+# pylint:disable=unexpected-keyword-arg  # for @elwise_kernel_runner
+
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2009 Andreas Kloeckner"
 
 __license__ = """
diff --git a/pyopencl/clrandom.py b/pyopencl/clrandom.py
index decab716aa5d5f192fb3e4820e47fd491f1f13ce..96acce1f40c15cd5d87cc71a5761e328d950146c 100644
--- a/pyopencl/clrandom.py
+++ b/pyopencl/clrandom.py
@@ -424,6 +424,18 @@ class Random123GeneratorBase(object):
     .. automethod:: normal
     """
 
+    @property
+    def header_name(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    @property
+    def generator_name(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    @property
+    def key_length(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
     def __init__(self, context, key=None, counter=None, seed=None):
         int32_info = np.iinfo(np.int32)
         from random import Random
diff --git a/pyopencl/elementwise.py b/pyopencl/elementwise.py
index 0e35df43baef4e9b3e8def49bff25e9813387a54..cbd8d74666d3b7eca797672ca4f80224dd3f150c 100644
--- a/pyopencl/elementwise.py
+++ b/pyopencl/elementwise.py
@@ -484,56 +484,6 @@ def get_copy_kernel(context, dtype_dest, dtype_src):
             name="copy")
 
 
-@context_dependent_memoize
-def get_linear_combination_kernel(summand_descriptors,
-        dtype_z):
-    # TODO: Port this!
-    raise NotImplementedError
-
-    from pyopencl.tools import dtype_to_ctype
-    from pyopencl.elementwise import \
-            VectorArg, ScalarArg, get_elwise_module
-
-    args = []
-    preamble = []
-    loop_prep = []
-    summands = []
-    tex_names = []
-
-    for i, (is_gpu_scalar, scalar_dtype, vector_dtype) in \
-            enumerate(summand_descriptors):
-        if is_gpu_scalar:
-            preamble.append(
-                    "texture <%s, 1, cudaReadModeElementType> tex_a%d;"
-                    % (dtype_to_ctype(scalar_dtype, with_fp_tex_hack=True), i))
-            args.append(VectorArg(vector_dtype, "x%d" % i, with_offset=True))
-            tex_names.append("tex_a%d" % i)
-            loop_prep.append(
-                    "%s a%d = fp_tex1Dfetch(tex_a%d, 0)"
-                    % (dtype_to_ctype(scalar_dtype), i, i))
-        else:
-            args.append(ScalarArg(scalar_dtype, "a%d" % i))
-            args.append(VectorArg(vector_dtype, "x%d" % i, with_offset=True))
-
-        summands.append("a%d*x%d[i]" % (i, i))
-
-    args.append(VectorArg(dtype_z, "z", with_offset=True))
-    args.append(ScalarArg(np.uintp, "n"))
-
-    mod = get_elwise_module(args,
-            "z[i] = " + " + ".join(summands),
-            "linear_combination",
-            preamble="\n".join(preamble),
-            loop_prep=";\n".join(loop_prep))
-
-    func = mod.get_function("linear_combination")
-    tex_src = [mod.get_texref(tn) for tn in tex_names]
-    func.prepare("".join(arg.struct_char for arg in args),
-            (1, 1, 1), texrefs=tex_src)
-
-    return func, tex_src
-
-
 def complex_dtype_to_name(dtype):
     if dtype == np.complex128:
         return "cdouble"
diff --git a/pyopencl/scan.py b/pyopencl/scan.py
index 30a657d87228337343b6a4d4e1b79a251ea13713..71460f25beaadff9258aa79d3f6d34b58e362546 100644
--- a/pyopencl/scan.py
+++ b/pyopencl/scan.py
@@ -1137,6 +1137,9 @@ class _GenericScanKernelBase(object):
 
     # }}}
 
+    def finish_setup(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
 
 generic_scan_kernel_cache = WriteOncePersistentDict(
         "pyopencl-generated-scan-kernel-cache-v1",
@@ -1726,6 +1729,10 @@ class _LegacyScanKernelBase(GenericScanKernel):
                 output_statement=self.ary_output_statement,
                 options=options, preamble=preamble, devices=devices)
 
+    @property
+    def ary_output_statement(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
     def __call__(self, input_ary, output_ary=None, allocator=None, queue=None):
         allocator = allocator or input_ary.allocator
         queue = queue or input_ary.queue or output_ary.queue
diff --git a/pyopencl/tools.py b/pyopencl/tools.py
index 369fb2729cdb509f50ca07e76cba0ce58055ed4b..5b7b78d99c7d533d8389d8a3efcd8f30ccfa75c0 100644
--- a/pyopencl/tools.py
+++ b/pyopencl/tools.py
@@ -899,6 +899,9 @@ class KernelTemplateBase(object):
     def get_renderer(self, type_aliases, var_values, context=None, options=[]):
         return _TemplateRenderer(self, type_aliases, var_values)
 
+    def build_inner(self, context, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
     def build(self, context, *args, **kwargs):
         """Provide caching for an :meth:`build_inner`."""
 
diff --git a/test/test_array.py b/test/test_array.py
index 3f2aa3fabe867b436af757c2abaea0f79db83e31..02e43e2481f4b3bdcdbc25f4c682dbd0043052b0 100644
--- a/test/test_array.py
+++ b/test/test_array.py
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ def test_bitwise(ctx_factory):
 
         # Test unary ~
         res_dev = ~a_dev
-        res = ~a
+        res = ~a  # pylint:disable=invalid-unary-operand-type
         assert (res_dev.get() == res).all()
 
 # }}}
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ def test_event_management(ctx_factory):
     from pyopencl.clrandom import rand as clrand
 
     x = clrand(queue, (5, 10), dtype=np.float32)
-    assert len(x.events) == 1, len(x._events)
+    assert len(x.events) == 1, len(x.events)
 
     x.finish()
 
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ def test_skip_slicing(ctx_factory):
     a = cl_array.to_device(queue, a_host)
     b = a[::3]
     assert b.shape == b_host.shape
-    assert np.array_equal(b[1].get(), b_host[1])
+    assert np.array_equal(b[1].get(), b_host[1])  # noqa pylint:disable=unsubscriptable-object
 
 
 def test_transpose(ctx_factory):
diff --git a/test/test_clrandom.py b/test/test_clrandom.py
index 0cd572d0208cf092eef57648c273f40a88b29c39..b6b2094e2b0de7630f66c0db876452d81226bbc0 100644
--- a/test/test_clrandom.py
+++ b/test/test_clrandom.py
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     if len(sys.argv) > 1:
         exec(sys.argv[1])
     else:
-        import py.test
-        py.test.cmdline.main([__file__])
+        from pytest import main
+        main([__file__])
diff --git a/test/test_wrapper.py b/test/test_wrapper.py
index fba8ceb9d6cdcdc04792f9d4e9f1f5f8b817d184..ee3219e971b931c50351332f140f4cfdf4d9591f 100644
--- a/test/test_wrapper.py
+++ b/test/test_wrapper.py
@@ -120,8 +120,7 @@ def test_get_info(ctx_factory):
 
     def do_test(cl_obj, info_cls, func=None, try_attr_form=True):
         if func is None:
-            def func(info):
-                    cl_obj.get_info(info)
+            func = cl_obj.get_info
 
         for info_name in dir(info_cls):
             if not info_name.startswith("_") and info_name != "to_string":
@@ -1030,7 +1029,7 @@ def test_fine_grain_svm(ctx_factory):
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("dtype", [
     np.uint,
-    cl.cltypes.uint2,
+    cltypes.uint2,
     ])
 def test_map_dtype(ctx_factory, dtype):
     if cl._PYPY: