compiler diagnostics [was Re: comp.unix.xenix]

[Dr. T. Andrews]

In article <1783 at crdos1.crd.ge.COM>, davidsen at crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) writes:
)   SCO has been quite good about fixing bugs *if I gave them a small
) example*.
They aren't always so good with the Xenix dev system, I fear.  The
numbers in the first column are SCO's reference numbers; missing
numbers indicate that the report was never ACKed.  Most have been
sent several times.  The names "pfc*.*" are the names of the example
files sent along.

r050120	16-Jan-87	_doprnt() fails to work, example "pfc154.c"
r050121	05-Mar-87	lint void * problem (pfc162.c, pfc165.c)
	02-May-88	lint function type bug (incl pfc203{a,b}.c)
	02-May-88	lint arg type bug (incl pfc205{a,b}.c)
	05-May-88	lint "void *" argument bug (incl pfc206.c)
	23-Aug-88	lint "register void *" bug (incl pfc222.c)
	09-Dec-88	lint blows ternary operator type (pfc234.c)
	09-Dec-88	lint blows enum==int usage (pfc235.c)
	20-Jan-89	"as" dumps core (pfc237.s)
	09-Feb-89	lint fails on "string1" "string2" (pfc239.c)
156680	02-Mar-89	lint blows on extra braces (pfc241.c) ref 58 332
	13-Mar-89	dos rename args backwards (pfc243.c)
	14-Mar-89	unions of pointers give problem (pfc212.c)
	14-Mar-89	lint blows arrays within structs (pfc244.c)
	15-Mar-89	compiler error message is wrong (pfc245.c)
s199287	11-Aug-89	that loop-opt bug & friends (pfc253.c)
58702	20-Aug-89	cc -U__STDC__ doesn't work (pfc254.c)
S203098	20-Aug-89	cc blows proto(type, type name) (pfc255.c)
S202045	20-Aug-89	cc dies after blown pfc255 err (pfc256.c)
S203948	30-Aug-89	cc recognizes word "interrupt" (pfc257.c)
58778	26-Sep-89	"lint" blows "register struct" (pfc259.c)

One might suspect that the $Nk/year "softcare" support would be a
better deal if the reports were in fact ACKed, even if no one cared
to actually fix the bugs.  Some of thse problem tracking numbers are
so old that they've aged out of the system entirely!

) The infinite spill should have been fixed years ago.
Agreed, but it's fairly rare as long as you don't try to do anything
complex.  (Besides, it's not a bug, it's an engineering decision:-)

Anyone having patches to apply to a binary distribution for any of
the compiler or lint bugs is invited to send e-mail.  We have the
`386 dev sys (2.3+lng085 update).
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