Re: pragmas

From: Daryl Stewart (Daryl.Stewart@cl.cam.ac.uk)
Date: Tue Dec 18 2001 - 09:02:36 PST


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<p>> > Daryl is right that a lint tool could check for attributes not
> > known, but then you have to have a 'known' list of attributes and
> > try to keep that up to date.

Absolutely and it's easier for a user to customise their lint-type tool to
accept only the pragmas they use (not necessarily every pragma in
existence...) rather than expecting synth tools to do this. Many designers
work to a house style enforced by such tools already.



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