[Python-Dev] Python syntax checker ?

Greg Ewing greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Tue, 26 Sep 2000 13:13:19 +1200 (NZST)


Guido:

> MAL originally asked for a
> parser that doesn't stop at the first error.  That's a real weakness
> of the existing parser!!!

Is it really worth putting a lot of effort into this?
In my experience, the vast majority of errors I get from
Python are run-time errors, not parse errors.

(If you could find multiple run-time errors in one go,
*that* would be an impressive trick!)

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