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.NH 1
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Introduction
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.PP
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C [1][2] is a dangerous programming language.
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The programmer is allowed to do almost anything, as long as
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the syntax of the program is correct.
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This has a reason. In this way it is possible to make a fast
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compiler which produces fast code.
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The compiler will be fast because it doesn't do much checking
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at compile time.
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The code is fast because the compiler doesn't generate run time
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checks.
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The programmer should protect himself against producing error
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prone code.
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One way to do that is to obey the
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.I
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Ten Commandments for C programmers
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.R
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[appendix B].
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This document describes an implementation of the
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.I lint
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program, as referred to in Commandment 1.
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It is a common error to run
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.I lint
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only after a few hours of debugging and some
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bug can't be found.
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.I Lint
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should be run when large pieces of new code are accepted by the
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compiler and as soon as bugs arise.
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Even for working programs it is useful to run
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.I lint,
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because it can find constructions that may lead to problems in
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the future.
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.bp
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