[Python-ideas] Add 'use warnings' directive, like in Perl
Chris Barker
chris.barker at noaa.gov
Tue Feb 10 19:07:26 CET 2015
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 9:24 AM, Eduard Bondarenko <eduardbpy at gmail.com>
wrote:
> So I can type whatever I want in else block and someone can detect it
> after the several years..
>
> And the first thing that I have to do programming in Python is to download
> analyser tool..I understand the importance of static analyser tools, but
> in this case (to check simple things like a variables and functions names)
> it is like "To use a sledge-hammer to crack a nut.".
>
I think what you are missing is that Python is a dynamic language -- there
are any number of things that are simply not known at run-time. Sure, you
can come up with simple examples that it seems obvious are an error, but
there is no clear place to draw a line.
So the "right" thing to do is use linters and unit tests and test coverage
tools.
_maybe_ there should be some of these in the stdlib, but so far, it's
seemed better to have an active ecosystem of competing systems.
-Chris
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