Message formats
Most of lint's messages
are simple, one-line statements printed for each
occurrence of the problem they diagnose.
Errors detected in included files are reported
multiple times by the compiler but only once by lint,
no matter how many times the file is included
in other source files.
Compound messages are issued for inconsistencies
across files and, in a few cases, for problems within them as well.
A single message describes every occurrence of the
problem in the file or files being checked.
When use of a lint filter requires
that a message be printed for each occurrence,
compound diagnostics can be converted to the simple type
by invoking lint with the -s option.
NOTE:
See
``Usage''
for more information.
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