gett error message: "TypeError: 'int' object is not callable"

[Friðrik Már Jónsson]

Tom Kermode wrote:
> Do you know a good way to avoid running into this problem?  It
> makes sense to suggest not calling variables the same names as
> built-in functions, but that's hard for a new python programmer who
> doesn't already know what all the built-in functions are.

One way is using a code checker like PyChecker[1]. This neat software  
for finding bugs will check for lots of other pitfalls too, but you  
can filter it down to what you need if you're only interested in this  
one.

I don't use an IDE, but this would seem like something for an IDE[2]  
to support if you're into that kind of magic.

Regards,
Friðrik Már

[1] http://pychecker.sourceforge.net/
[2] http://wiki.python.org/moin/IntegratedDevelopmentEnvironments