[Python-ideas] keywording prohibited

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Now with full quote:

> On Mon, May 04, 2009, John Graham wrote:

>> Has anyone ever suggested a standard pylint, something that might be
>> distributed with the interpreter/libraries?  As important as the
>> 'look-and-feel' is to Python, it seems like an automated style-checker
>> / 'you probably didn't meant to do that' engine would be a good idea
>> to introduce even newbies to the language instead of them having to
>> search it out.
>
> It's been mentioned; I don't remember why it never got any traction,
> whether because the authors didn't want to deal with it or nobody
> bothered submitting a PEP (this definitely needs a PEP).
> --
> Aahz (a... at pythoncraft.com)           <*>         http://www.pythoncraft.com/
>
> "It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized code."
> --Bill Harlan

I'll volunteer to put one together if somebody's willing to walk me
through the PEP process.

Geremy Condra