Linting python code...

[Paul Boddie]

Joel Rosdahl wrote:
> skip at pobox.com writes:
> >

[PyLint, PyChecker]

> > New kid on the block:
> >
> >     PyFlakes http://divmod.org/trac/wiki/DivmodPyflakes
> >
> > It doesn't do nearly as much as the other two but doesn't import the
> > modules, so it can be used in places the others can't.
>
> I thought PyLint doesn't import modules either. Am I mistaken?

My impression was that PyLint only inspects the AST (using the astng
package), whereas PyChecker can be asked to do only that, or to
actually import the modules as well.

Paul