Fixes `pylint disable=fixme directives ignored for comments following the last statement in a file

ChangeLog

@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ What's New in Pylint 1.8?
       modules when checking import order.
       Close #1702
 
+    * Fix ``pylint disable=fixme`` directives ignored for comments following the
+      last statement in a file.
+      Close #1681
+
     * Fix ``line-too-long`` message deactivated by wrong disable directive.
       The directive ``disable=fixme`` doesn't deactivate anymore the emission 
       of ``line-too-long`` message for long commented lines.

doc/whatsnew/1.8.rst

@@ -358,6 +358,9 @@ Other Changes
   With this fix, pylint distinguishes first and third party modules when checking
   import order.
 
+* Fix the ignored ``pylint disable=fixme`` directives for comments following
+  the last statement in a file.
+
 * Fix ``line-too-long`` message deactivated by wrong disable directive.
   The directive ``disable=fixme`` doesn't deactivate anymore the emission 
   of ``line-too-long`` message for long commented lines.

pylint/checkers/misc.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 from pylint.interfaces import IRawChecker
 from pylint.checkers import BaseChecker
+from pylint.utils import OPTION_RGX
 
 
 MSGS = {
@@ -50,7 +51,22 @@ class EncodingChecker(BaseChecker):
                  'help': ('List of note tags to take in consideration, '
                           'separated by a comma.')}),)
 
-    def _check_note(self, notes, lineno, line):
+    def _check_note(self, notes, lineno, line, module_last_lineno):
+        """
+        Add the message 'fixme' in case a note is found in the line.
+
+        :param notes: regular expression object matching any notes
+                      (XXX, TODO, FIXME) behind a '#'
+        :type notes: re.pattern object
+        :param lineno: line number
+        :type lineno: int
+        :param line: line to be checked
+        :type line: str
+        :param module_last_lineno: last line number of the module as parsed by astroid
+                                   (may be different from real last line number in case
+                                    commented lines exist at the end of the module)
+        :type module_last_lineno: int
+        """
         # First, simply check if the notes are in the line at all. This is an
         # optimisation to prevent using the regular expression on every line,
         # but rather only on lines which may actually contain one of the notes.
@@ -65,8 +81,25 @@ def _check_note(self, notes, lineno, line):
         match = notes.search(line)
         if not match:
             return
-        self.add_message('fixme', args=line[match.start(1):].rstrip(),
-                         line=lineno)
+        # In case the module ends with commented lines, the astroid parser
+        # don't take into account those lines, then:
+        # - the line number of those lines is greater than the
+        #   module last line number (module.tolineno)
+        # - astroid module object can't inform pylint
+        #   of disabled messages in those extra lines.
+        if lineno > module_last_lineno:
+            disable_option_match = OPTION_RGX.search(line)
+            if disable_option_match:
+                try:
+                    _, value = disable_option_match.group(1).split('=', 1)
+                    values = [_val.strip().upper() for _val in value.split(',')]
+                    if set(values) & set(self.config.notes):
+                        return
+                except ValueError:
+                    self.add_message('bad-inline-option',
+                                     args=disable_option_match.group(1).strip(), line=line)
+                    return
+        self.add_message('fixme', args=line[match.start(1):].rstrip(), line=lineno)
 
     def _check_encoding(self, lineno, line, file_encoding):
         try:
@@ -100,7 +133,7 @@ def process_module(self, module):
             for lineno, line in enumerate(stream):
                 line = self._check_encoding(lineno + 1, line, encoding)
                 if line is not None and notes:
-                    self._check_note(notes, lineno + 1, line)
+                    self._check_note(notes, lineno + 1, line, module.tolineno)
 
 
 def register(linter):

pylint/test/functional/fixme.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+# -*- encoding=utf-8 -*-
 # pylint: disable=missing-docstring, unused-variable
 
-
 # +1: [fixme]
 # FIXME: beep
 
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@ def function():
     xxx = "n/a"  # XXX: Fix this later
     # +1: [fixme]
     #FIXME: no space after hash
+    #FIXME: in fact nothing to fix #pylint: disable=fixme
+    #TODO: in fact nothing to do #pylint: disable=fixme
+    #TODO: in fact nothing to do #pylint: disable=line-too-long, fixme