:lint: [from UNIX's `lint(1)', named for the bits of fluff it
supposedly picks from programs] 1. vt. To examine a program closely
for style, language usage, and portability problems, esp. if
in C, esp. if via use of automated analysis tools, most esp. if
the UNIX utility `lint(1)' is used. This term used to be
restricted to use of `lint(1)' itself, but (judging by
references on USENET) it has become a shorthand for {desk check}
at some non-UNIX shops, even in languages other than C. Also as
v. {delint}. 2. n. Excess verbiage in a document, as in "This
draft has too much lint".
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supposedly picks from programs] 1. vt. To examine a program closely
for style, language usage, and portability problems, esp. if
in C, esp. if via use of automated analysis tools, most esp. if
the UNIX utility `lint(1)' is used. This term used to be
restricted to use of `lint(1)' itself, but (judging by
references on USENET) it has become a shorthand for {desk check}
at some non-UNIX shops, even in languages other than C. Also as
v. {delint}. 2. n. Excess verbiage in a document, as in "This
draft has too much lint".
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Related:
- lint
[from Unix's lint(1), named for the bits of
fluff it supposedly picks from programs] 1.
vt. To examine a program closely for style, language... - diff: /dif/ n. 1. A change listing, especially giving
differences between (and additions to) source code or documents
(the term is often used in the plural `diffs').
"Send me your diffs for the Jargon File!" Compare... - diff /dif/ n.
1. A change listing, especially giving
differences between (and additions to) source code or documents
(the term is often used in the plural `diffs').
"Send me your diffs for the Jargon File!" Compare... - delint /dee-lint/ v. obs.
To modify code to remove
problems detected when linting.
Confusingly, this process is also referred to as... - delint: /dee-lint/ v. To modify code to remove problems detected
when {lint}ing.
Confusingly, this process is also referred to as... - exec: /eg-zek'/ vt., n. 1. [UNIX: from `execute'] Synonym for
{chain},
derives from the `exec(2)' call. 2. [from `executive']... - plumbing: [UNIX] n. Term used for {shell} code, so called
because of the prevalence of `pipelines' that feed the output of
one program to the input of another.
Under UNIX, user utilities can often be implemented... - bang: 1. n. Common spoken name for `!' (ASCII 0100001),
especially when used in pronouncing a {bang path} in... - prettyprint: /prit'ee-print/ (alt. `pretty-print') v.
1. To generate `pretty' human-readable output from...
