[Python-Dev] Direction of PyChecker (original) (raw)

Jeremy Hylton jeremy@zope.com
Mon, 13 Aug 2001 11:23:04 -0400 (EDT)

"GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

GvR> For tools like PyChecker, a higher level is more appropriate: GvR> give it an abstract syntax tree that can answer questions GvR> related to the symbol table, so that you can tell for example GvR> whether 'x = y' assigns a local to a global or vice versa -- GvR> and if a local is involved, in which function it is defined.

I'm not sure how much time I can make for it in the 2.2 release schedule, but I think a high-level source analysis module would be a valuable addition to the compiler package. We've got pychecker and pydoc as to drive the requirements. Do you think it's worth making time for in the 2.2 release schedule?

Jeremy