What to use for finding as many syntax errors as possible.

[Avi Gross]

Anton

There likely are such programs out there but are there universal agreements
on how to figure out when a new safe zone of code starts where error
testing can begin?

For example a file full of function definitions might find an error in
function 1 and try to find the end of that function and resume checking the
next function.  But what if a function defines local functions within it?
What if the mistake in one line of code could still allow checking the next
line rather than skipping it all?

My guess is that finding 100 errors might turn out to be misleading. If you
fix just the first, many others would go away. If you spell a variable name
wrong when declaring it, a dozen uses of the right name may cause errors.
Should you fix the first or change all later ones?



On Sun, Oct 9, 2022, 6:11 AM Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon at vub.be> wrote:

> I would like a tool that tries to find as many syntax errors as possible
> in a python file. I know there is the risk of false positives when a
> tool tries to recover from a syntax error and proceeds but I would
> prefer that over the current python strategy of quiting after the first
> syntax error. I just want a tool for syntax errors. No style
> enforcements. Any recommandations? -- Antoon Pardon
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