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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

1722.0. "Lint ??? Help !!!" by ZUR01::MEYER () Tue Sep 27 1988 04:45

What is lint ....

I'ave got an Aztec C Compiler and there is a directory called lint with some
files in it (I think: readme, manx.c, fnt.lnt). I'ave red something about lint,
but I only known that you can somehow test the source with it. Is there some-
thing missing in that Directory, or has somebody out there a documentation?

thanks, Daniel in faraway Switzerland.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1722.1	Gimple Lint	TLE::RMEYERS	Randy Meyers	`Tue Sep 27 1988 16:33`	9
	Re: .0 I believe that the lint directory is there to provide support for a lint program you can buy from another company. The name of the lint is "Gimple Lint," and it is available from Gimple Software any most large mail order houses. Price is about US $100. I do not know about Swiss availability.
1722.2	lint is a syntax checker for standard c	PRGMUM::FRIDAY		`Fri Sep 30 1988 15:30`	9
	Lint is a preprocessor for c programs. It is supposed to check your c programs to see if they contain anything other than so-called standard c. That is, it's a tool that is supposed to help you write c code that can be compiled by any c compiler that supports standard c. As of a few years ago it's not clear what standard c is (was) supposed to be. However, there is an ANSI committee defining standard c. But you'd have to be sure that lint understands what ANSI c is; your lint program might support some other definition of standard c.
1722.3	and..	AITG::WISNER	Paul Wisner :optimize '((speed 3) (safety 0))	`Tue Nov 01 1988 18:18`	2
	List also tells you about variables you created that you never reference.
1722.4		MSVAX::BARRETT	I will not instigate revolution	`Sun Aug 26 1990 02:09`	2
	Anyone out there have an Amiga lint program that's PD/shareware/freeware/anywhere?
1722.5		TLE::RMEYERS	Randy Meyers	`Mon Aug 27 1990 16:57`	6
	Re: .4 The only lint that I know of for the Amiga is Gimple Lint, which costs about $100. It was updated about a year ago to match the ANSI C standard. It is a very good lint, from what I've seen.
1722.6	What about PDC	WELSWS::FINNIS		`Fri Aug 31 1990 19:45`	7
	Isn't on on the PDC distribution.. ?? - Pete -