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

[Roel Schroeven]

Op 10/10/2022 om 19:08 schreef Robert Latest via Python-list:
> Antoon Pardon wrote:
> > I would like a tool that tries to find as many syntax errors as possible 
> > in a python file.
>
> I'm puzzled as to when such a tool would be needed. How many syntax errors can
> you realistically put into a single Python file before compiling it for the
> first time?
I've been following the discussion from a distance and the whole time 
I've been wondering the same thing. Especially when you have unit tests, 
as Antoon said he has, I can't really imagine a situation where you add 
so much code in one go without running it that you introduce a painful 
amount of syntax errors.

My solution would be to use a modern IDE with a linter, possibly with 
style warnings disabled, which will flag syntax errors as soon as you 
type them. Possibly combined with a TDD-style tactic which also prevents 
large amounts of errors (any errors) to build up. But I have the 
impression that any of those doesn't fit in Antoon's workflow.

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