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Karl Jones http://wiki.karljones.com/index.php?title=Lint_(software)&diff=9701&oldid=prev 2016-03-10T19:40:56Z

<p>Created page with &quot;In <a href="/index.php/Computer_programming" title="Computer programming">computer programming</a>, &#039;&#039;&#039;lint&#039;&#039;&#039; is a <a href="/index.php?title=Unix_utility&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Unix utility (page does not exist)">Unix utility</a> that flags some suspicious and non-portable constructs (likely to be bugs) in C language <a href="/index.php/Source_code" title="Source code">source code</a>. Generi...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>In [[computer programming]], '''lint''' is a [[Unix utility]] that flags some suspicious and non-portable constructs (likely to be bugs) in C language [[source code]].<br /> <br /> Generically, '''lint''' or a '''linter''' is any tool that flags suspicious usage in software written in any [[Programming language|computer programming language]]. <br /> <br /> == Description ==<br /> <br /> The term lint-like behavior is sometimes applied to the process of flagging suspicious language usage.<br /> <br /> Lint-like tools generally perform static analysis of [[source code]].<br /> <br /> Lint as a term can also refer more broadly to syntactic discrepancies in general, especially in interpreted languages like [[JavaScript]] and [[Python (programming language)]].<br /> <br /> For example, modern lint checkers are often used to find code that doesn't correspond to certain style guidelines. <br /> <br /> They can also be used as simple debuggers for common errors, or hard to find errors such as [[Heisenbug|heisenbugs]].<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Computer science]]<br /> * [[Programming language]]<br /> * [[Style checker]]<br /> * [[Writing style]]<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> <br /> * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lint_(software) Lint (software)] @ Wikipedia</div>

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