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From: rosenkra@convex.com (William Rosencranz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Lint
Summary: good question
Keywords: lint port source
Message-ID: <110967@convex.convex.com>
Date: 13 Dec 90 12:06:25 GMT
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In article <3360@gos.ukc.ac.uk> lhf@ukc.ac.uk (L.H.Fuller) writes:
>
>	Is there a version of Lint out there? I know about varlint, which
>is for use with lint really. So, is the actual Lint available on the ST? If
>not, can anyone get the source, so I could maybe port it over.

i have never seen a PD lint (so far). most lints i have seen are based on
pcc (and share source with it). these are generally copyright ATT or of
a particular vendor (e.g. convex). there are commercial lints available
on MSDOS.

varlint is a program to check printf statements only, as i recall (for
variable arg routines).

if you happen across a truly PD lint, pls post it. i suspect you will
not, however. if you are really hot to trot for lint, you could start
with a PD compiler (sozobon, gcc, etc) and reverse engineer it from a
manpage. if you want to attempt this, think of a good way to implement
lint libraries (llib_* or whatever).

happy hunting...


-bill
rosenkra@convex.com

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