On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > A step forward might be the ‘reindent.py’ program included with the > Python distribution.
I have tried to use this tool - but it lacks certain features. Maybe I could use this as a starting point in writing such a tool :) What I really want is to fix up common "poor" (IHMO) coding styles in code that I have to maintain/review/etc. Things like: * Lines longer than 80 characters * Comments tacked on to the end of statements/expressions * Use of ' vs. " * More liberal use of Whitespace Why ? Simple. Being vision impaired (in fact legally blind of <1% sight) I find it hard to read and maintain code that exhibits poor coding style (especially the above). -- It is of course very personal and very subjective. (But hey maybe I should write a tool anyway!) > Many PEP 8 violations can't be automatically fixed, they require the > programmer to make a decision and edit the code. So first, introduce a > code scanner that reports PEP 8 violations, such as ‘pylint’. As stated, I'm not overly concerned with problems that a more sophisticated static code analyzer such a pylint might find - I'm more interested in readability more than anything. I often use pyflakes in conjunction with pep8 to keep my own code clean, readable and consistent. Thanks for the suggestion! cheers James -- -- James Mills -- -- "Problems are solved by method" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
