lint for Python?

[Wolfgang Grafen]

No need to develop another lint tool. Just give the creator of pylint an
improvement proposal. This can be at least reported as a warning.

Even in a highly dynamic language like Python it is good to follow some
style guides. I try to avoid the same names if possible for different
functionality. This makes the code much more manageable and maintainable 
and understandable for larger projects.

Pat schrieb:
> I've been searching for a good multi-module lint checker for Python and 
> I haven't found one yet.
> 
> Pylint does a decent job at checking for errors only within a single 
> module.
> 
> Here's one of my problems.  I have two modules.
> 
> 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.  I don't want that error found at 3AM.
> 
> 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?
> 
> I've spoken to tech support at Wing and they weren't aware of a 
> multi-module lint but they're considering putting their own lint into 
> their IDE.
> 
> Thank you