[Python-ideas] A PEP to define basical metric which allows to guarantee minimal code quality

[Chris Barker - NOAA Federal]

> How do we handle different organizational requirements?
>
By keeping linting out of the code ( and certainly out of "official"
python), and in the organization's development process where it
belongs.

> @pylint([34])
> @pep([8,20])
> def f(a):
>   return math.sqrt(a)

Yeach! But that's just my opinion -- if you really like this idea, you
can certainly implement it in an external package. No need for a PEP
or anything of the sort.

> The other aspect that comes into code quality is unit tests. A decorator of what test functions need to be run on a function (and pass) would also be useful:
>
> def test_f_arg_negative(f):
>  try:
>    return f(-1) == 1
>  except(e):
>    return False# ValueError: math domain error
>
> @tests([test_f_arg_positive, test_f_arg_negative, test_f_arg_zero, f_test_f_arg_int, test_f_arg_float])
> def f(a):
>   return math.sqrt(math.abs(a))

Again, I don't think it belongs there, but I do see your point. If you
like this idea--implement it, put it on PyPi, and see if anyone else
likes if as well.

-CHB