lint for Python?

[Miki]

Hello,

> In module one, I have a function:
>
> def foo( host, userid, password ):
>      pass
>
> In module two, I call that function:
>
> foo( userid, password)
>
> lint doesn't find that error and it won't be caught until it's called
> while the program is running.
pychecker does find these kind of errors.

> I've never used a language that didn't catch that type of error.  I'm
> quite surprised that Python is being used by a number of major
> companies.  How you catch these types of errors?
By running a large test suite, I highly recommend "nose".

HTH,
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Miki <miki.tebeka at gmail.com>
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