I was referring to this quote: "Even Pylint / Pyflakes would be more "static analyzer" [...] although it's a stretch." Why is it a stretch to say that Pylint d

I was referring to this quote: "Even Pylint / Pyflakes would be more "static analyzer" [...] although it's a stretch." Why is it a stretch to say that Pylint does static analysis? This is exactly what Pylint does.