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Re: reintroduce jlint Java static analysis tool?



Le 10/02/2016 23:45, Paul Wise a écrit :

> I tend to think a diversity of static analysis tools is better than
> single tools, since they all inevitably wax and wane in maintenance
> over the years as well as support different checks.

jlint hasn't been updated for years, it looks like it doesn't even
handle the Java 5 syntax. On the other hand Findbugs was updated last
year and can analyze Java 8 code.


> It is the only Java static analysis tool that check-all-the-things
> knows how to run automatically. My last attempt at getting help with
> adding support for findbugs/checkstyle/etc was met with silence.

Sorry for the silence but your last message about check-all-the-things
on this list [1] just invited people to add more TODOs or checks. It
didn't sound like you were struggling with Findbugs and were asking for
help on a specific issue with this tool.

Emmanuel Bourg

[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-java/2015/11/msg00019.html


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