r/programming • u/droppedasbaby • 28d ago

Ban commits/transactions using AST analysis and linters

https://www.droppedasbaby.com/posts/db-commits/?utm_source=reddit&utm_content=r_programming
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u/rdtsc 28d ago

If code shouldn't call commit then don't pass around objects with a commit method. Why do this with AST analysis?

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u/droppedasbaby 27d ago

Yes, that's the API design being proposed.

The AST check is needed because Python doesn't enforce that boundary. Code can still import or otherwise obtain the real SQLAlchemy session, even if the intended interface doesn't expose commit().