Subject: Re: ARGSUSED and friends To: None <> From: der Mouse
<mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA> List: tech-kern Date: 01/16/2000
23:32:57 >> I don't consider this "cluttering up" at all.  I
consider it being correct.  > I have found some rather nasty
bugs lurking in code by going through > and making lint happy
with the code.  As have I, going through and making gcc -Wthis
-Wthat happy...what's your point here?  It sounds as though
you're trying to say "yes, it's good to make code pass lint",
though what you're really saying is that lint has helped you,
which is not the same at all.  On a few occasions lint has
helped me too, but I've never gone to the trouble to eliminate
cast pointers without upsetting lint, it's hard to write
anything useful.  That's why I use gcc with various warning
options instead; I find that with a suitable set of options,
it's (a) strong enough checking to be worthwhile and (b) weak
enough that useful programs can be made completely warning-free.
(Though I do wish there were a way to s