[Python-projects] Is this a pylint bug or is Python too dynamic?

[skip at pobox.com]

I have these two modules:

a.py:

    class A:
        def __init__(self):
            self.arg = 0

        def meth(self, arg):
            self.arg = arg

b.py:

    from a import A

    class B(A):
        def meth(self, arg):
            A.meth(arg+1)

If I run either

    pylint b.py

or

    pylint a.py b.py

it only emits some convention and refactor messages, no warnings or errors.
I see nothing about calling A.meth with too few args.  Shouldn't pylint be
able to detect that?  This is with:

    % pylint --version
    No config file found, using default configuration
    pylint 0.16.0,
    astng 0.17.4, common 0.38.1
    Python 2.4.5 (#4, Apr 12 2008, 09:09:16)
    [GCC 3.4.1]

Thanks,

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