On 01/02/2013 09:31 PM, someone wrote: > 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 > > ? >
The first lint program I recall hearing of was available in the early 1980's, and was for the C language. At the time, the C language was extremely flexible (in other words, lots of ways to shoot yourself in the foot) and the compiler was mostly of the philosophy - if there's a way to make sense of the statement, generate some code, somehow. Anyway, lint made sense to me as the crud that gets mixed in with the real fabric. And a linter is a machine that identifies and removes that crud. Well, the lint program didn't remove anything, but it identified a lot of it. I didn't hear the term linter till decades later. -- DaveA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
