In <mailman.159.1365188823.3114.python-l...@python.org> "Littlefield, Tyler"
<ty...@tysdomain.com> writes:
> Hello all:
> I've been using Python for a while now, but I have one larger problem.
> I come from a c++ background; though it doesn't help in catching runtime
> errors, being able to compile a program helps catch a lot of syntax
> errors. I know about pychecker, which is somewhat useful. Do people have
> other methods for handling this?
The py_compile module can catch some obvious syntax errors, such as
incorrect indentation levels or a missing colon at the end of an if
statement.
But it won't catch other errors such as using a variable name before it's
defined. For that, you can use an external program such as pylint or
pyflakes.
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