[Python Suggestion] Linting

[adehad]

Hi there!

I was wondering if there was any interest in general python project related improvements/contributions?

I made a linting proof of concept with pre-commit, a great tool I use in all my project (even non-Python). I have added a lint target in the Makefile to reflect this intention.

https://github.com/adehad/edgedb-python/pull/1/files

There are quite a few things it runs, but I think the autoformatters black and ruff can be a great asset to run (can even be configured via the pre-commit github action that can autoformat pull requests). ruff can be used to swap out flake8 to run on the generated file too if desired.
Ideally the mypy (static type checker) should be run, but looks like there are quite a few errors at the moment.

Happy to help (maybe in smaller increments) if this is something you are considering and/or need help with

[fantix]

Yeah, I think that'll be great! Thank you for the proposal, feel free to go ahead with incremental PRs. ❤️

Ideally the mypy (static type checker) should be run, but looks like there are quite a few errors at the moment.

Agreed! Let's fix the errors and turn it on.