Thelintprogram checker has proven time and again to be one of the best tools for finding portability problems and certain types of coding errors in C programs. This book introduces you tolint, guides you through running it on your programs, and helps you to interpretlint'soutput. lintverifies a program or program segments against standard libraries, checks the code for common portability errors, and tests the programming against some tried and true guidelines. lintingyour code is a necessary (though not sufficient) step in writing clean, portable, effective programs. Contents include:Overview of usinglintDealing withlint'concerns: casting anddelintinglintcommentsUsinglintin detail: command line options, usinglintwithmake, rolling your ownlintlibraryPublic domain programsUnder the hood: an inside lookFuture directions | Checking C Programs With Lint by Ian Darwin, Paperback | Indigo Chapters