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From: vern@h2opolo.ee.lbl.gov (Vern Paxson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: fortran lint?
Summary: C's "lint" is not as restricted as stated
Keywords: lint
Message-ID: <235@helios.ee.lbl.gov>
Date: 10 Jun 88 01:01:51 GMT
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In article <20089@beta.UUCP> jlg@beta.UUCP (Jim Giles) writes:
>....  LINT will identify this as a problem, but only if the two routines
>are in the same file.  Seperately compiled, even LINT won't find this
>error.
>.... Fortran will
>(or should) generate an error for SQRT(5) since the argument isn't real.
>C will not generate an error (not even from LINT - SQRT is seperately
>compiled).

Just to keep the record straight, lint works on multiple files (and
libraries) and will find both of the bugs which Jim mentions.

	Vern Paxson				vern@lbl-csam.arpa
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	Vern Paxson				vern@lbl-csam.arpa
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	Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory		(415) 486-6411