Re: [bug-gawk] Linter verbosity and POSIX & traditional AWK modes

[arnold]

Hi.

The general idea is that --lint warns about everything that isn't
portable or standard.

If you wish to submit patches that make --lint more particular
about what it reports, I'll be happy to review them.

Thanks,

Arnold

Eric Pruitt <address@hidden> wrote:

> I was wondering if there was any particular reason the --lint option
> warns about non-POSIX and GNU extensions when neither traditional nor
> POSIX mode are explicitly set. Personally, if I'm not using
> --traditional, --posix or POSIXLY_CORRECT, I don't care whether or not
> I'm using extensions: the GNU extensions are why I use gawk over other
> implementations. If I'm writing a script that I want to be portable, I
> set --posix, and only then do I want to see warnings about non-standard
> features.
>
> If this has been discussed previously, please feel free to point me to
> the past discussions. I was unable to find any using the archive's
> search feature or using a web search engine.
>
> Thanks,
> Eric