[Edu-sig] [Fwd: typo.py - Warn of typographical errors in Python scripts]

[L. Humbert]

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Hi,
some of you, however, may get this message twice.
But I think, it is worth enough. 

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From: "Alan Klietz" <alank@algintech.com>
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Subject: typo.py - Warn of typographical errors in Python scripts
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One of the most common annoyances with using Python is that it does
not report typographical errors in variable names at compile time.

For example,

def compute_area(width, height):
    area = width * hieght   # oops

Another example is a typo in an attribute for a class,

class Square:
    def __init__(self, width, height):
        self.width = width
        self.hieght = height  # oops

    def compute_area(self):
        return self.width * self.height

typo.py will catch these errors and report them:

        hieght might be used before set at line 2
        self.height might be undefined at line 7

You can download typo.py from http://utools.com/typo.htm

Alan Klietz
Algin Technology
alank@algintech.NOSPAM.com




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