Further pleasing the pylint gods

lib/utils/getch.py

@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ class _GetchMacCarbon(object):
     """
     def __init__(self):
         import Carbon
-        Carbon.Evt  # see if it has this (in Unix, it doesn't)
+
+        _ = Carbon.Evt  # see if it has this (in Unix, it doesn't)
 
     def __call__(self):
-        import Carbon
         if Carbon.Evt.EventAvail(0x0008)[0] == 0:  # 0x0008 is the keyDownMask
             return ''
         else:

lib/utils/hash.py

@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ def attackDumpedTable():
         col_passwords = set()
         attack_dict = {}
 
-        for column in sorted(columns, key=lambda _: len(_), reverse=True):
+        for column in sorted(columns, key=len, reverse=True):
             if column and column.lower() in COMMON_USER_COLUMNS:
                 col_user = column
                 break

lib/utils/timeout.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from lib.core.data import logger
 from lib.core.enums import CUSTOM_LOGGING
 from lib.core.enums import TIMEOUT_STATE
 
-def timeout(func, args=(), kwargs={}, duration=1, default=None):
+def timeout(func, args=None, kwargs=None, duration=1, default=None):
     class InterruptableThread(threading.Thread):
         def __init__(self):
             threading.Thread.__init__(self)
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def timeout(func, args=(), kwargs={}, duration=1, default=None):
 
         def run(self):
             try:
-                self.result = func(*args, **kwargs)
+                self.result = func(*(args or ()), **(kwargs or {}))
                 self.timeout_state = TIMEOUT_STATE.NORMAL
             except Exception as ex:
                 logger.log(CUSTOM_LOGGING.TRAFFIC_IN, ex)

lib/utils/xrange.py

@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ class xrange(object):
     def __hash__(self):
         return hash(self._slice)
 
-    def __cmp__(self, other):
-        return (cmp(type(self), type(other)) or cmp(self._slice, other._slice))
-
     def __repr__(self):
         return '%s(%r, %r, %r)' % (type(self).__name__, self.start, self.stop, self.step)