Re: Mlint for octave

[David Grundberg]

Marko Ristin skrev:
> hi david!
>
> thanks for your response.
>
> before i even start, is there a style-guideline for octave programs?
>
>
> 2010/1/28 David Grundberg <address@hidden>:
>   
> > 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
> >
> >     


Please keep discussion on-list (use "reply-all" or similar).

It's GNU style in C++, in Emacs that's M-x c-set-style RET gnu RET.
And no tabs, that's M-x set-variable RET indent-tabs-mode RET nil RET. 
In m-files you can use M-x octave-mode RET.

There is an appendix D: "Contributing Guidelines" in the (interpreter) 
manual. The documentation on the website is old, you can find the 
current manual in the mercurial repository.

Regards,
David

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