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Linting Python: what is good?

Are there any good modules that you can run against your code to catch coding errors? I expected pylint to catch mistakes in the use of default arguments to functions like this:

>>> def spam(eggs=[]):
...     eggs.append("spam")
...     return eggs

but was disappointed to find them unreported. I am looking for something beyond PEP8 formatting.

Solution

  • I tried the first example and PyLint 0.18.1 gave me the warning:

    W:  1:spam: Dangerous default value [] as argument