Spyder 4.0.1 issues
One of the things I like most about the Spyder IDE is it flags syntax errors as you go. However, that does not seem to be the case in the version I upgraded to: 4.0.1.
Here is a screen cap of what I'm talking about:
Line 8 should have the warning that os is imported but not used. Lines 20,21, and 24 should be syntax errors as well. Is there a setting I've missed?
Got at least one syntax error to show up, but that's about it; I reset it to factory and then started picking and choosing. something is not right though....
In this script I don't use datetime; everything between 11 and 20 is problematic....
perhaps if one would post a snippet instead of a screengrab one might be able to copy and paste it in their spyder 4.0.1 for testing .... hmmmm??? 
Dan- I didn't bother pasting the code, as the errors were pretty obvious: here's a copy none the less:
"""
Created on Mon Feb 10 12:17:17 2020
@author: jborgione
"""
import arcpy
import os
import datetime
x = 'abcd'
x =
x = some obvious error in code....
varX = 'indent'
for j in someList:
print(w)
After a little tweaking per your suggestions, I'm getting a few more warnings but not what I'm used to seeing. Here is a screen cap of the complete script. The upper stuff is what I pasted above, the warnings at line 36,38,40, and 43 are complaining about lack of white space or too much white space...
