Idiomatic code validator?
Tim Johnson
tim at akwebsoft.com
Tue Sep 20 21:24:09 EDT 2016
* Steve D'Aprano <steve+python at pearwood.info> [160920 16:29]:
> On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 01:41 am, Tim Johnson wrote:
>
> > Not to confuse idiomatic code validation with pep8 validation (I use
> > elpy on emacs)
> >
> > Is there such a thing as a validator for _idiomatic_ code?
>
>
> Yes, it is called a linter. There are various linters available:
>
> pylint, pychecker, jedi, flake
thanks Steve :
I use flake8 thru elpy. I'm guessing that my inquiry is redundant.
(I might need to look at more fine-grained configuration thru
elpy)
cheers
- tj -
>
> there may be others. Depending on how good the linter is, they will do
> things like flag unused arguments, dead code, use of deprecated features,
> and so forth. Some of them may be very opinionated, e.g. flag uses of map()
> as unidiomatic and recommend a list comprehension instead. Whether you
> agree with that opinion or not is up to you.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Steve
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> enough, things got worse.
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