lint(1) improvements from OpenBSD

[Vasisvaran G]

Yes, I agree.

On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 1:46 PM Ian Lepore <ian at 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
>
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Regards, Vasisvaran