I just Googled and found the Python-Dev thread 'About "Coverity Study Ranks LAMP Code Quality" '. I was heartened by the type of issues raised in the discussion - it leaves me content with whats 'under-the-hood' in Python.
You maintainers don't seem to bang your own drum, which is a good thing, but since I'm not a maintainer, I'd just like to roll out the drums (http://www.yakudo.com/) and shout THANKS GUYS - IT'S APPRECIATED! (boy am I gonna get it for this post :-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list