On Wednesday 31 October 2001 15:42, pzw1@[...].edu wrote:
>  On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Richard Jones wrote:
>  > Programmers must be disciplined anyway, again IMO. This idea that
>  > programmers can just write whatever they damn well like, with little
>  > regard for what other people are diong (an idea propogated mostly by the
>  > "write it any damn way you like" ideology of Perl) is extremely
>  > detrimental to a working team.
> 
>  oh, absolutely.  disciplined progammers are a must in any circumstance if
>  one is to even develop usable code.  but no one's perfect, and python is so
>  incredibly useful and powerful and elegant in so many cases that it's
>  doubly grating on my sensibilities that the language isn't more of an ally
>  in catching honest mistakes...

Oh, I just remembered, there are python lint programs. Google search for 
"python lint checker" returns:

   http://pychecker.sourceforge.net/
   http://web.lfw.org/python/
   http://www.dotfunk.com/projects/pylint


Haven't used any of them yet - been meaning to have a look for quote a while.


    Richard

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