Is there a tool to help find bugs or perform static analysis?

Definitely.

PyChecker is a static analysis tool that finds bugs in Python source code and warns about code complexity and style. You can get PyChecker from http://pychecker.sf.net.

PyLint is another tool that checks if a module satisfies a coding standard, and also makes it possible to write plug-ins to add custom features. In addition to the bug checking that PyChecker performs, PyLint offers some additional features such as checking line length, whether variable names are well-formed according to your coding standard, whether declared interfaces are fully implemented, and more.

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