Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihldt.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!tektronix!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!houxm!ihnp4!ihldt!bwf From: bwf@ihldt.UUCP (Bill Fecht) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: 6 char externs -- a lint suggestion Message-ID: <2542@ihldt.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Oct-84 09:46:31 EDT Article-I.D.: ihldt.2542 Posted: Thu Oct 11 09:46:31 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Oct-84 04:36:51 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 13 A lint option could be included which would allow one to have it check all internal names to be unique up to 'n' significant characters. Then, if the number of significant characters in internal names is made machine dependent, a programmer could certify that a program is portable to machines which need to limit the number of significant characters on externs. It would also make it easier for someone to make changes to a program so that it would "fit" on their machine. bill (of course you could always write a program that would ...) fecht ihnp4!ihtnt!bwf