From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Dec 4 19:21:19 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 4 19:21:17 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mmap.nyct.net (mmap.nyct.net [216.44.109.243]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EC4C37B400 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 19:21:17 -0800 (PST) Received: by mmap.nyct.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0544FFAB2; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 22:20:02 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 22:20:01 -0500 To: Peter Jeremy Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lint Message-ID: <20001204222001.A25490@mmap.nyct.net> References: <20001123193652.V27042@speedy.gsinet> <200011232049.NAA17951@freeway.dcfinc.com> <20001205135646.B95349@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001205135646.B95349@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>; from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au on Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 01:56:46PM +1100 From: mbac@mmap.nyct.net (Michael Bacarella) Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 01:56:46PM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote: > >But GCC with the right switches can do a better job than Lint anyway > GCC won't report `returned value ignored'. AFAIK, this is primarily > due to the LISP-like viewpoint of it's authors - they don't see that > ignoring a returned value is in any way abnormal. You know.. nobody is really forcing GCC on anyone. I really rather wish ya'll would develop a new compiler already instead of bellyaching over how GCC/GNU philosophy is ruining everything. Not that you're really saying anything like that, but it seems like a common sentiment among the userbase, and I really would be interested in seeing (and supporting) a new C compiler. I do think you can do better. GCC is pretty slow, for example. -- Michael Bacarella ;finger address for public key GPG Key Fingerprint: B4E4 82F5 BCAC AB83 E6F7 B5AA 933E 2A75 79A4 A9C1 Technical Staff / New York Connect Net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message