Description of the false positive

In multiple places, constructs such as var = '[0:%s]' % (cols) and print("\n%d files:" % len(filenames)) raise alert of type Wrong number of arguments for format.

I believe this may be caused by an incorrect interpretation of the parens where (5) is considered to be a singleton tuple whereas it should be (5,) however I am not sure if this is it.

URL to the alert on the project page on LGTM.com

https://lgtm.com/projects/g/JetBrains/intellij-community/snapshot/4142f5da479541c769625ab66eeadcbb03e4211b/files/python/helpers/pydev/_pydevd_bundle/pydevd_vars.py?sort=name&dir=ASC&mode=heatmap#xc5d0fd0dff6372d9:1

https://lgtm.com/projects/g/JetBrains/intellij-community/snapshot/4142f5da479541c769625ab66eeadcbb03e4211b/files/python/helpers/pydev/_pydevd_bundle/pydevd_comm.py#xa38757d85e31d8b0:1

https://lgtm.com/projects/g/JetBrains/intellij-community/snapshot/4142f5da479541c769625ab66eeadcbb03e4211b/files/python/helpers/coveragepy/coverage/cmdline.py#xa8bd8b0e65e16629:1

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