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diff --git a/doc/extend.rst b/doc/extend.rst index 476c994..b767852 100644 --- a/doc/extend.rst +++ b/doc/extend.rst @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ You can find some simple examples in the examples directory of the distribution (custom.py and custom_raw.py). I'll try to quickly explain the essentials here. -First, there are two kinds of checkers : +First, there are two kinds of checkers: + * raw checkers, which are analysing each module as a raw file stream * ast checkers, which are working on an ast representation of the module @@ -25,8 +26,8 @@ Checkers are ordered by priority. For each module, Pylint's engine: 1. give the module source file as a stream to raw checkers 2. get an ast representation for the module -3. make a depth first descent of the tree, calling visit_<> on each AST - checker when entering a node, and living_<> on the back traversal +3. make a depth first descent of the tree, calling ``visit_<>`` on each AST + checker when entering a node, and ``leave_<>`` on the back traversal Notice that the source code is probably the best source of documentation, it should be clear and well documented. Don't hesitate to |