[net.lang.c] lint query

dickey@wxlvax.UUCP (Tom Dickey) (04/05/84)

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Is there any reasonable way to shut up lint when using a literal
string, e.g.,

	strcpy (a, "string");

T.Dickey (ITT Advanced Technology Center, Shelton, CT)

gwyn@brl-vgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) (04/06/84)

The following works just fine:

extern char *strcpy();
void func()
	{
	char	*a;
	a = "x";
	(void)strcpy( a, "string" );
	}

under the UNIX System V "lint".  Maybe you have a sick "lint"?

jrv@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA (James R. Van Zandt) (04/28/86)

I'm aware of four lint-type programs for checking C code on an MS-DOS machine:

PC-LINT   Tecware                              $ 99
PC-Lint   Gimpel Software                      $139
Pre-C     Phoenix Computer Products Corp.      $395
Lint      Wizard Systems Software, Inc.        $450  (bundled with compiler)

Can anyone report experience with these or others, or point to
published reviews?

Please send messages to me directly, as I don't monitor info-c.  If
there's sufficient interest, I'll be glad to post a summary.

                                   - Jim Van Zandt