Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!ucsd!ucsdhub!esosun!seismo!uunet!vsi!sullivan From: sullivan@vsi.UUCP (Michael T Sullivan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: SVR4 lint libraries Keywords: llib-lc.c is lacking Message-ID: <822@vsi.UUCP> Date: 23 Aug 88 21:03:34 GMT Distribution: comp Organization: V-Systems, Inc. -- Santa Ana, CA Lines: 18 Would it be asking too much of the people in charge of SVR4 to have all extern declaration in the /usr/include/*.h and sys/*.h files to be resolved in the lint library counterparts of the C libraries? It is quite annoying to have made your code lint perfectly, only to have the fact that #include'ing results in "name declared but never used or defined" followed by several global variables not in llib-lc.ln. It's bad enough I have to write lint libraries for most of the software packages we buy, without having to go in and modify the existing system lint libraries when I #include an out of the ordinary file for the first time. Maybe a better question is, would it be too much to hope for? lint, it's not just a tool--it's a religion. -- Michael Sullivan {uunet|attmail}!vsi!sullivan V-Systems, Inc. Santa Ana, CA sullivan@vsi.com "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of eldeberries! Pbbbt!"