Re: LINT for PL/SQL

Mark,

   I think of the PL/SQL compiler as lint itself because it is so picky. ;-) PL/SQL being a strongly typed language will refuse a lot of dubious syntax. As I read the article you forwarded on lint, it seems to me that the main purpose is to flag usages that may work on one compiler but not another or one machine but not another. I wouldn't think PL/SQL would have a large need for this since there is only one vendor (Oracle), and as far as I know Oracle keeps PL/SQL pretty platform-independent. I would think that a lint program on PL/SQL might be reduced to "best practices" enforcement, which might get into more subjective areas.

Dennis Williams

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