Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 20:24:16 +0000 From: Vasisvaran G <vasis.g@gmail.com> To: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lint(1) improvements from OpenBSD Message-ID: <CAODkZQhAFk1C7Rhbc1BTy7nF5XagvFL4Ja8O9k%2B9=5nQJMbveg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1500403575.22314.182.camel@freebsd.org> References: <CAODkZQhs%2Bi=ZZt01rBeHKJDGPaG8%2BFzj5-3Ceae958MffC25Jg@mail.gmail.com> <1500403575.22314.182.camel@freebsd.org>
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Yes, I agree. On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 1:46 PM Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> wrote: > 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 > -- Regards, Vasisvaran
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