PYTHON3-PYFLAKES(1)

✨ PYTHON3-PYFLAKES ✨

okay so bestie, you're looking at the python3-pyflakes manual page (section 1 of the manual, iykyk) and honestly? it's giving "simple but iconic." let's get into it 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

python3-pyflakes — your fave simple Python 3 source checker, no cap 🐍✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

python3-pyflakes [file-or-directory ...]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so python3-pyflakes is literally just a simple little program that checks your Python source files for errors. that's it, that's the vibe 🫶

it's similar to PyChecker in scope, but here's the plot twist: it does not execute the modules to check them. the way that's both safer and faster — though lowkey it doesn't perform as many checks. tradeoffs, bestie 😭

and unlike PyLint, pyflakes checks only for logical errors in programs. it does not perform any checks on style. zero fashion police energy here, it's strictly logic ✋

all commandline arguments get checked, and they have to be either regular files or directories. if you hand it a directory, every .py file within will be checked — she's thorough 💖

when no commandline arguments are given, data will be read from standard input. stdin main character energy ✨

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⭐ OUTPUT ⭐

found warnings — including unused imports, undefined variables and unnecessary reimports — are printed on standard output 👑

found errors — including compile or encoding errors — are printed on standard error 💀

know which stream is which, bestie, it matters 🔥

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💜 EXIT STATUS 💜

the exit status is 0 when no warnings or errors are found. otherwise the exit status is 1. simple as that, periodt 💅

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🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

this manual page was originally written by Bastian Kleineidam <calvin@debian.org> for the Debian distribution of pyflakes (but can be used by others). we stan a generous king 👑🫶

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okay that's the whole page, no notes 🎀 this was PYTHON3-PYFLAKES(1), dated 10/01/2007 — yeah she's a vintage icon, and she still slays 💖✨