Python Impact Analysis Tool ?

[Stephen Prinster]

Paul McNett wrote:
> Terry Hancock wrote:
> 
>> On Wednesday 25 May 2005 08:27 am, dcolford2000 at hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> Is there an impact analysis tool out there that can cross reference
>>> python -- VB has a couple of these tools (eg. Visual Expert)
>>
>>
>> I could be wrong, but my first impression is that that must be
>> VB jargon for something we might know under another name.
> 
> 
> Yep, I think we know it as 'unit testing'.
> 
> From the Visual Expert site (http://visual-expert.com), impact analysis
> refers to taking a given variable or function name, and finding
> everywhere in the project where that name is referenced, for the purpose
> of determining what bad things will happen when that variable or
> function is changed somehow. The tool won't tell you what bad things
> will happen, just list other code segments that depend on the name in
> question.

This also sounds a little bit like "refactoring."
The OP may want to look at Bicycle Repair Man:

http://bicyclerepair.sourceforge.net/