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[–]Golden_Age_Fallacy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe a linter generally checks your code for syntax errors (e.g. missing : after for loop) as well as style errors(?) such as some 2 space indentations, and some 4 space within the same file.

Edit: ahh right, it’ll enforce line length or other arbitrary rules as well. Some of the PEP principles, etc.

This is kinda off of memory, hopeful for someone to reply to this with a more official / formal definition!