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authorLukenShiro <lukenshiro@ngi.it>2011-11-01 08:40:58 -0200
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+PyFlakes a Lint-like tool for Python, like PyChecker. It is focused on
+identifying common errors quickly without executing Python code.
+
+Its primary advantage over PyChecker is that it is fast. You don't have
+to sit around for minutes waiting for the checker to run; it runs on most
+large projects in only a few seconds.
+
+The two primary categories of defects reported by PyFlakes are:
+* Names which are used but not defined or used before they are defined
+* Names which are redefined without having been used
+
+These can each take many forms. For example, PyFlakes will tell you when
+you have forgotten an import, mistyped a variable name, defined two
+functions with the same name, shadowed a variable from another scope,
+imported a module twice, or two different modules with the same name, and
+so on.
+