Re: Mlint for octave

[David Grundberg]

Marko Ristin wrote:
> Hi girls & guys!
>
> i'm new to the list - so first of all: hello everybody!
>
> i am writing some octave code and tried to find a lint utility similar
> to mlint which exists for matlab
> (http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/ref/mlint.html).
> is there such a program for octave? (i couldn't find it.) is somebody
> already developing it? could i join? if there's no such utility, is it
> a desirable feature at all?
>
>
> cheers
> marko
>   


Hi, I don't think there are a lint tool for Octave. If you start 
building one, I don't think anyone will stop you. In fact, I think it 
would be neat. Some engagement in C++ programming would be needed, I 
think the place to start is building an own tree_walker, similar to 
tree_print_code (pt-pr-code.h) and tree_evaluator (pt-eval.h). Having an 
interest in static analysis wouldn't hurt either.

regards
David