Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:46:15 -0600 From: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> To: Vasisvaran G <vasis.g@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lint(1) improvements from OpenBSD Message-ID: <1500403575.22314.182.camel@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAODkZQhs%2Bi=ZZt01rBeHKJDGPaG8%2BFzj5-3Ceae958MffC25Jg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAODkZQhs%2Bi=ZZt01rBeHKJDGPaG8%2BFzj5-3Ceae958MffC25Jg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 2017-07-18 at 12:27 -0500, Vasisvaran G wrote: > Hackers, > > I am planning to work on > https://wiki.freebsd.org/IdeasPage#lint.281.29_improvements_from_Open > BSD. > Please > do let me know if anyone has already started working on it on or > before > 7/21 so that duplicate effort can be avoided. > I have heard it expressed on the mailing lists in the past year or two that we should just abandon lint completely. I dont' think anything was decided, but it's certainly a sentiment I agree with. Given all the static analysis tools available today I'm not sure lint serves any purpose that isn't already covered by better tools. -- Ian
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