Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!ginosko!husc6!redsox!campbell From: campbell@redsox.bsw.com (Larry Campbell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: lint on V.3 Message-ID: <1394@redsox.bsw.com> Date: 3 Sep 89 03:05:56 GMT References: Reply-To: campbell@redsox.UUCP (Larry Campbell) Distribution: comp Organization: The Boston Software Works, Inc. Lines: 22 In article mrd@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Michael DeCorte) writes: -Does anybody know what would cause lint to print -"To many names" -or more important how to fix this? I suspect the reason is that some IDIOT built lint with a fixed-size array somewhere, and made the size so small that only toy programs can be linted. I have run into the same EXTREMELY IRRITATING problem with Interactive 386/ix V2.0.1 (derived from SVR3.2). When I called Interactive to complain, they said "how big is your program" and when I said "oh, maybe, 75K lines of code" they sort of fell over backwards and said "oh, wow, man, that's huge". Gimme a break. 750K lines is rather big. 75K lines is pretty humdrum stuff. I think your only recourse (and mine) is to complain loudly to our respective software suppliers to recompile lint with a reasonably sized array. And reasonable means (listen up, spuds!) it had better be able to handle over 500K lines of code, with over 100K distinct names. -- Larry Campbell The Boston Software Works, Inc. campbell@bsw.com 120 Fulton Street wjh12!redsox!campbell Boston, MA 02146