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From: des@PacBell.COM (Doug Sanderson_Gomke)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: lint won't verify printf formatting against variable types??
Keywords: lint, cc
Message-ID: <4874@ptsfa.PacBell.COM>
Date: 7 Jul 89 15:31:03 GMT
References: <328@tree.UUCP> <417@siswat.UUCP> <105@borabora.omni.com> <10459@socslgw.csl.sony.JUNET>
Reply-To: des@PacBell.COM (Doug Sanderson_Gomke)
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In article <10459@socslgw.csl.sony.JUNET> diamond@csl.sony.junet (Norman Diamond) writes:
>In article <105@borabora.omni.com> bob@omni.com (Bob Weissman) writes:
>
>>Last week I spent an entire day tracking down one of those bugs you just
>>	    action;
>>My lint (SunOS 4.0.1 version) did not flag the extra semicolon.
>>
>>I Hate C.
>
>This is one of many defects in C . . .

I suggest both of you consider the difference between a _bug_ and a
_feature_.  This particular _feature_ of C is one of the things that
adds to its flexibility and therefore its usefulness.  A simple way
to check for the missuse of this feature is to do a global search for
_);_, if you are inclined to typos (as I am). ("It is a poor workman
who blames his tools").
bibi