How to detect typos in Python programs

[Ganesan R]

>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> writes:

> You don't understand the dynamic nature of Python if you
> think this is something that is either easy or 100% reliable.

> Very contrived but instructive example:

> def func(x):
>    pass

> import sys
> setattr(sys, 'ab' + 'ost', func)

> stick-that-in-your-static-analyzer-and-smoke-it-ly y'rs

The dynamic nature of Python is definitely a problem but there are some
obvious workarounds. For example a static analyzer can take an option that
says "assume standard modules are not modified". This is probably good
enough for 90% of the cases.

Ganesan

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Ganesan R