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Link Review of Pylint, PyChecker and PyFlakes by Doug Hellmann

[...] All of the tools I tested found some of the errors in the sample code, but pylint was by far the most comprehensive.

[...]

For my own projects, I intend to continue looking into pylint for now. Its consistent configuration and exhaustive reporting are appealing for larger code bases such as I encounter at my day job.

[...]

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pylint analyzes Python source code looking for bugs and signs of poor quality.

Django-lint (http://chris-lamb.co.uk/projects/django-lint/)

PyChecker http://pychecker.sourceforge.net/

pyflakes (https://launchpad.net/pyflakes)

Pyntch (http://www.unixuser.org/~euske/python/pyntch/)

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pylint analyzes Python source code looking for bugs and signs of poor quality.

Link #5681 - latest update on 2009/09/01, created on 2008/07/31 by Alexandre Fayolle