python "syntax-checker"?

[Roger Upole]

You can use py_compile.compile('xxxx.py') to check for syntax errors.
               Roger Upole

<s_gherman at yahoo.com> wrote in message news:8phlrn$4iu$1 at nnrp1.deja.com...
> Is there any tool out there that would perform a "syntax-checking" on a
> Python source code?
>
> Or, even more, to _simulate_ running and type-binding errors, etc (as
> compiler does for C, for instance)?
>
> I am not sure to what extent Python's dynamic type nature allows that,
> but I imagine there are some applications where one may not affors to
> half-run them just to find mistakes in the middle of his source code.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Sorin Gherman
>
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