Why Python is like C++

[Mark Lawrence]

On 21/12/2013 08:18, Dan Stromberg wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 9:34 PM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 20/12/2013 14:19, Roy Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> http://xkcd.com/1306/
>>>
>>
>> I believe that to be a very superficial like.  They're unlike in that once
>> C++ people have compiled their code they can head down to the pub, but
>> Python people have to stay at work testing because the compiler hasn't
>> caught all potential errors.
>
> Python should be used with static analysis (EG pylint), IMO, for
> reliability.  Python should also be used, IMO, with a good set of
> automated unit, integration and system tests.
>

I use the Pydev plugin for Eclipse and have Pylint turned on so that it 
automatically checks my code as I type, just awesome.  To me your second 
sentence above goes without saying.  And add in anything that can help 
improve quality.  This recipe 
http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578793-more-strict-unittests-using-a-validator/ 
only went up yesterday, haven't checked it out in detail but the idea 
seems impressive.

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask 
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence