Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!ut-sally!im4u!oakhill!tomc From: tomc@oakhill.UUCP (Tom Cunningham) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Portability check in lint Message-ID: <949@oakhill.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Jul-87 11:19:15 EDT Article-I.D.: oakhill.949 Posted: Wed Jul 15 11:19:15 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 17-Jul-87 06:14:54 EDT Organization: Motorola Inc. Austin, Tx Lines: 20 Keywords: lint portability I noticed that in the latest release of Sun 3 software which we have (I believe it is 3.2), there is no -p option for lint to perform portability checks. This option does exist, however, in the System V version of lint presumably distributed with the Sun 3.2 software. Did Berkeley lint (if there is such a thing) ever have this option, was it excised for some reason, or what? I am just curious, as I consider the constraints of eight character symbol names (six characters external) as somewhat of an anachronism portability-wise, but I could well be wrong. Would anyone care to comment on this? Apologies if this topic has already been discussed at length; in that case if someone could email me a brief synopsis I would appreciate it. -- Tom Cunningham "Good, fast, cheap -- select two." USPS: Motorola Inc. 6501 William Cannon Dr. W. Austin, TX 78735-8598 UUCP: {ihnp4,seismo,ctvax,gatech}!ut-sally!oakhill!tomc sun!oakhill!tomc Phone: 512-440-2953