On 01/02/2013 08:31 PM, Ian Kelly wrote:
On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
Yeah, same applies to most linters I think. You end up disagreeing
with the author on half the points. Oh well. Doesn't make the tool
useless, just means you need to fiddle with it to get it how you want
it.
It's a lot less work to disable a check than to implement a desired
check that is missing, so to me it's better that a linter do too much
by default than not enough.
I just started using pylint and some of the stuff it came up with is
REALLY good - so I'll definately use pylint, pep8 (and friends) more in
the future. And I think I'll also get to a point where I'll disable some
of the checks - as one of you wrote: How I name my variables is (maybe)
my own business and for instance I like a short variable name once in a
while, e.g. "rx", "ry", "rz" for rotation around x- y- and z-axises and
these variable names should not be changed.
But can I ask you something: English is not my native language and I
looked up what "linter" means - but it's not in my dictionary. What doet
"linter" mean ?
I don't suppose these exlanations are the same as you would give, in the
context you're using?
http://www.wordreference.com/definition/linter
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/american/linter
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/linter
?
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