test.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import Queue
import threading
import sys
import traceback

from pylint.lint import Run
from pylint.utils import UnknownMessage


# Set WORKERS to 1 and errors move out
WORKERS = 2

class CheckFile(threading.Thread):

    def __init__(self, path_queue):
        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
        self.path_queue = path_queue

    def run(self):
        while True:
            path = self.path_queue.get()
            check(path)
            self.path_queue.task_done()

def main():
    paths = [__file__] * 2

    path_queue = Queue.Queue()

    for _ in range(WORKERS):
        worker = CheckFile(path_queue)
        worker.setDaemon(True)
        worker.start()

    for path in paths:
        path_queue.put(path)

    path_queue.join()


def check(path):

    try:
        Run(('%s -r n' % path).split(), exit=False)
    except (IndexError, AttributeError, UnknownMessage):
        exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback = sys.exc_info()
        print "*** print_tb:"
        traceback.print_tb(exc_traceback, limit=1, file=sys.stdout)
        print "*** print_exception:"
        traceback.print_exception(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback,
                                  limit=2, file=sys.stdout)

        print '\n'.join(traceback.format_tb(exc_traceback))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()