PC.lint.9.0e

-------------------------------------------------- --- Manual Additions/Modifications --- -------------------------------------------------- PC-lint for C/C++ Version 9.00a This readme.txt supplements the on-line PC-lint manual entitled "Reference Manual for PC-lint/Flexelint" found in the installation directory under the name "pc-lint.pdf" ------ Printing the Reference Manual ------ You have permission to print out the Reference Manual (or other related documentation) in whole or in part in support of the use of this software. ------ Support for Microsoft through Visual Studio 2008 ------ We currently support Microsoft Visual C/C++ 9.0 (as well as all earlier versions of the Microsoft compiler series). Support comes mainly from the compiler options files (co-...lnt). For example options files co-msc70.lnt, co-msc71.lnt, co-msc80.lnt and co-msc90.lnt support versions 7.0, 7.1, 8.0 and 9.0 respectively. ------ What's New ------ To find out what we've added to the product since Version 8.00, check out Chapter 20 "What's New" in the Reference Manual. ------ Front End ------ Your linting experience will be considerably enhanced by adapting your favorite editor or compiler environment to the task of sequencing from error to error. See Section 3.5 of the Reference Manual. ------ Multiple Passes ------ By default, PC-lint/FlexeLint will go through all your modules in one pass. For projects not previously linted there will be enough messages to look at. However, with just one pass, you will not be taking full advantage of our new static data tracking or the interfunction value tracking. With just one pass, we cannot say very much about static variables. We may see a variable being set to a value but we don't know of intervening functions that may be modifying the variable. We will also not know about dangerous return values for functions that are defined later than they are called, and we will not know about dangerous arguments for functions that are defined early. To introduce a second pass you need only to add the command line option: -passes(2) or, if this syntax presents a problem with your Shell, you may use: -passes[2] or, in some cases, -passes=2 is needed. Of course, you can replace the 2 with any number you wish. The larger the number, the more bugs that can be found and the more time that will be required. See Section 10.2 "Value Tracking" in the Reference Manual. Gimpel Software September, 2008