def check(codeString, filename):
    """
    Check the Python source given by C{codeString} for flakes.

    @param codeString: The Python source to check.
    @type codeString: C{str}

    @param filename: The name of the file the source came from, used to report
        errors.
    @type filename: C{str}

    @return: The number of warnings emitted.
    @rtype: C{int}
    """
    # First, compile into an AST and handle syntax errors.
    try:
        tree = compile(codeString, filename, "exec", ast.PyCF_ONLY_AST)
    except SyntaxError, value:
        msg = value.args[0]

        (lineno, offset, text) = value.lineno, value.offset, value.text

        # If there's an encoding problem with the file, the text is None.
        if text is None:
            # Avoid using msg, since for the only known case, it contains a
            # bogus message that claims the encoding the file declared was
            # unknown.
            sys.stderr.write("%s: problem decoding source\n" % (filename, ))
        else:
            line = text.splitlines()[-1]

            if offset is not None:
                offset = offset - (len(text) - len(line))

            sys.stderr.write('%s:%d: %s' % (filename, lineno, msg))
            sys.stderr.write(line + '\n')

            if offset is not None:
                sys.stderr.write(" " * offset + "^\n")

        return 1
    else:
        # Okay, it's syntactically valid.  Now check it.
        w = checker.Checker(tree, filename)
        lines = codeString.split('\n')
        messages = [message for message in w.messages
                    if lines[message.lineno - 1].find('pyflakes:ignore') < 0]
        messages.sort(lambda a, b: cmp(a.lineno, b.lineno))
        false_positives = 0
        for warning in messages:
            if not (re.match('.*__init__.py', str(warning))
                    and isinstance(warning, (UnusedImport, ImportStarUsed))):
                print(warning)
            else:
                false_positives += 1
        return len(messages) - false_positives
Check the Python source given by C{codeString} for flakes.

    @param codeString: The Python source to check.
    @type codeString: C{str}

    @param filename: The name of the file the source came from, used to report
        errors.
    @type filename: C{str}

    @return: The number of warnings emitted.
    @rtype: C{int}