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

Thomas Passin list1 at tompassin.net
Sun Oct 9 21:13:16 EDT 2022


On 10/9/2022 1:29 PM, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
 > On 2022-10-09 12:59:09 -0400, Thomas Passin wrote:
 >> 
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4284313/how-can-i-check-the-syntax-of-python-script-without-executing-it
 >>
 >> People seemed especially enthusiastic about the one-liner from jmd_dk.
 >
 > I don't think that one-liner solves Antoon's requirement of continuing
 > after an error. It uses just the normal python parser so it has exactly
 > the same limitations.

Yes, of course. Interesting, though. py_compile tends to be what I use 
for a quick check. I linked to the page mostly for the other 
possibilities, as you mentioned below:

 > Some of the mentioned tools may do what Antoon wants, though.
 >
 >          hp
 >
 >



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