asincero wrote: > Is there anyway to catch the following type of bug in Python code: > > message = 'This is a message' > # some code > # some more code > if some_obscure_condition: > nessage = 'Some obscure condition occured.' > # yet more code > # still more code > print message > > > In the above example, message should be set to 'Some obscure condition > occured.' if some_obscure_condition is True. But due to a lack of > sleep, and possibly even being drunk, the programmer has mistyped > message. These types of bugs would easily be caught in languages that > have a specific keyword or syntax for declaring variables before use. > I'm still fairly new to using Python on a more than casual basis, so I > don't know if Python has anyway to help me out here.
The keyword is "obscure condition". The solution is to use a coverage tool and create unit tests that give you 100% code coverage. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
