Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 03:39:54 -0700 (PDT) From: <schweikh@FreeBSD.org> To: tms2@mail.ptd.net, schweikh@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/18821: lint does not understand C++-style comments Message-ID: <200107081039.f68AdsG03611@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Synopsis: lint does not understand C++-style comments State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: schweikh State-Changed-When: Sun Jul 8 03:39:06 PDT 2001 State-Changed-Why: Lint(1) says "lint - a C program verifier", so it is not clear it should unterstand C++ syntax. While // is part of ISO 9899:1999 (C99) our lint does not support any new syntax introduced by C99, like struct literals, flexible arrays and others. So instead of supporting just one feature of C99, the // comments, I think it is better to have lint actually reject // as it is clearly a syntax error for C89 and many compilers do not understand it. Lint is also a portability checker, intended to pick fluff off of C code and // is non-portable fluff. BTW, gcc does NOT understand // in -ansi -pedantic mode. Of course we would be pleased if you provided a patch to make lint (optionally) fully C99 aware and this would have a near 100% chance of making it into the tree. http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=18821 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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