Lpc2000

At 04:29 PM 11/29/05 -0800, Joel Winarske wrote:
>I've heard the MISRA feature touted as a built-in Lint.

If they are touting MISRA checking as lint they haven't seen a good 
lint.  MISRA is a subset of what a good lint can find.

>Example - Keil code IAR does not like:
>
>#define P_EP(n) ((USB_EP_EVENT & (1 << (n))) ? USB_EndPoint##n : NULL)
>
>const void (* USB_P_EP[16]) (DWORD event) = {
>   P_EP(0),
>   P_EP(1),
>   P_EP(2)
>};


Good heavens, that may be legal C it's some of the ugliest I've seen in a 
while.  I'd want an awfully good reason before using such a 
construct.  PC-Lint BTW throws up all over it :)

Robert

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