What are the advantages/disadvantages of PyEnchant over other solutions?
Most of the solutions listed above are tied to a single spellchecking platform, such as aspell or MySpell. By contrast, Enchant supports multiple spellchecking platforms. A good discussion of why this is an advantage can be found on the Enchant website under the heading “Enchant and Multiple Backends”. • Different backends can be used for different languages, depending on which does a better job • Integration with the user’s “native” spellchecker, whatever that may be • This flexibility is transparent to the application programmer As explained above, PyEnchant is available under the GNU LGPL. This may mean it can be used in some projects where other libraries (such as GPL-licensed libraries) cannot. The Enchant API is also generally simpler than that provided by other spellchecking solutions. This can be an advantage or disadvantage depending on the needs of your program.
