[Python-ideas] lint in stdlib

[CTO]

> Should we give another look to something like pep8.py, then? Less
> complex, certainly, no dependencies and it runs cleanly under python3
> after running it through 2to3. On the minus side, it is *much* less
> rigorous.
>
> Geremy Condra

I've also just heard back from the maintainer of pyflakes, and he
seems
pretty happy with the idea. Here's the email:

Geremy,

I maintain Pyflakes and am an employee of the company responsible for
its development.

I think it's a good idea; Pyflakes is definitely an important part of
my development process.  There are pretty diverse opinions about how
thorough and punctilious Python code checkers should try to be, so
there are a bunch of relatively popular programs with vaguely similar
functionality.  I'm a fan of Pyflakes in particular because it's
quick, passive and not overly ambitious or presumptious.

Let me know how things work out.

Take care,
Moe


So, are there any particular objections to pyflakes? Does anybody have
a strong
preference for pylint, pep8.py, or pychecker over pyflakes?

Geremy Condra