[Python-Dev] bundle pychecker with python [was "Re: A proposal has surfaced..."]

[Jeremy Hylton]

On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 21:09, Doug Holton wrote:
> > I'd rather make this PyChecker's job than redefine 'is'.
> > 
> > --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
> 
> This reminded me, I was wondering if pychecker could be included with 
> the next python distribution.
> I think it would be very helpful to beginners in particular, but also 
> make it easier for everyone.

I think we'd need to agree on a small subset of pychecker warnings that
everyone could agree on.  I find pychecker useful for finding bugs in
Zope, but a great many of its warnings aren't helpful.

Jeremy