Gimpel PC-lint Message List
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Num		Name
1		Unclosed Comment (Location)
2		Unclosed Quote
3		#else without a #if
4		Too many #if levels
5		Too many #endif's
6		Stack Overflow
7		Unable to open include file: FileName
8		Unclosed #if (Location)
9		Too many #else's in #if (Location)
10		Expecting 'String'
11		Excessive Size
12		Need < or "
13		Bad type
14		Symbol 'Symbol' previously defined (Location)
15		Symbol 'Symbol' redeclared (TypeDiff) (Location)
16		Unrecognized name
17		Unrecognized name
18		Symbol 'Symbol' redeclared (TypeDiff) conflicts with Location
19		Useless Declaration
20		Illegal use of =
21		Expected {
22		Illegal operator
23		Expected colon
24		Expected an expression, found 'String'
25		Illegal constant
26		Expected an expression, found 'String'
27		Illegal character (0xhh)
28		Redefinition of symbol 'Symbol' Location
30		Expected a constant
31		Redefinition of symbol 'Symbol' conflicts with Location
32		Field size (member 'Symbol') should not be zero
33		Illegal constant
34		Non-constant initializer
35		Initializer has side-effects
36		Redefining the storage class of symbol 'Symbol' conflicts with Location
37		Value of enumerator 'Symbol' inconsistent (conflicts with Location)
38		Offset of symbol 'Symbol' inconsistent (Location)
39		Redefinition of symbol 'Symbol' conflicts with Location
40		Undeclared identifier 'Name'
41		Redefinition of symbol 'Symbol'
42		Expected a statement
43		Vacuous type for variable 'Symbol'
44		Need a switch
45		Bad use of register
46		Field type should be int
47		Bad type
48		Bad type
49		Expected a type
50		Attempted to take the address of a non-lvalue
51		Expected integral type
52		Expected an lvalue
53		Expected a scalar
54		Division by 0
55		Bad type
56		Bad type
57		Bad type
58		Bad type
59		Bad type
60		Bad type
61		Bad type
62		Incompatible types (TypeDiff) for operator ':'
63		Expected an lvalue
64		Type mismatch (Context) (TypeDiff)
65		Expected a member name
66		Bad type
67		Can't cast from Type to Type
68		Can't cast from Type to Type
69		Can't cast from Type to Type
70		Can't cast from Type to Type
71		Can't cast from Type to Type
72		Bad option 'String'
73		Bad left operand
74		Address of Register
75		Too late to change sizes (option 'String')
76		can't open file  String
77		Address of bit-field cannot be taken
78		Symbol 'Symbol' typedef'ed at Location used in expression
79		Bad type for % operator
80		this use of ellipsis is not strictly ANSI
81		struct/union not permitted in equality comparison
82		return <exp>; illegal with void function
83		Incompatible pointer types with subtraction
84		sizeof object is zero or object is undefined
85		Array 'Symbol' has dimension 0
86		Structure 'Symbol' has no data elements
87		Expression too complicated for #ifdef or #ifndef
88		Symbol 'Symbol' is an array of empty elements
89		Argument or option too long ('String')
90		Option 'String' is only appropriate within a lint comment
91		Line exceeds Integer characters (use +linebuf)
92		Negative array dimension or bit field length (Integer)
93		New-line is not permitted within string arguments to macros
96		Unmatched left brace for String on Location
101		Expected an identifier
102		Illegal parameter specification
103		Unexpected declaration
104		Conflicting types
105		Conflicting modifiers
106		Illegal constant
107		Label 'Symbol' (Location) not defined
108		Invalid context
110		Attempt to assign to void
111		Assignment to const object
113		Inconsistent enum declaration
114		Inconsistent structure declaration for tag 'Symbol'
115		Struct/union not defined
116		Inappropriate storage class
117		Inappropriate storage class
118		Too few arguments for prototype
119		Too many arguments for prototype
122		Digit (Char) too large for radix
123		Macro 'Symbol' defined with arguments at Location this is just a warning
124		Pointer to void not allowed
125		Too many storage class specifiers
126		Inconsistent structure definition 'Symbol'
127		Illegal constant
128		Pointer to function not allowed
129		declaration expected, identifier 'Symbol' ignored
130		Expected integral type
131		syntax error in call of macro 'Symbol' at location Location
132		Expected function definition
133		Too many initializers for aggregate
134		Missing initializer
135		comma assumed in initializer
136		Illegal macro name
137		constant 'Symbol' used twice within switch
138		Can't add parent 'Symbol' to strong type String; creates loop
139		Can't take sizeof function
140		Type appears after modifier
141		The following option has too many elements: 'String'
144		Non-existent return value for symbol 'Symbol', compare with Location
145		Type expected before operator, void assumed
146		Assuming a binary constant
147		sizeof takes just one argument
148		member 'Symbol' previously declared at Location
149		C++ construct 'String' found in C code
150		Token 'String' unexpected String
151		Token 'Name' inconsistent with abstract type
152		Lob base file 'file name' missing
153		Could not create temporary file
154		Could not evaluate type 'String', int assumed
155		Ignoring { }'ed sequence within an expression, 0 assumed
156		Braced initializer for scalar type 'Name'
157		No data may follow an incomplete array
200-299
301		Stack overflow
302		Exceeded Available Memory
303		String too long (try +macros)
304		Corrupt object file, code Integer, symbol=String
305		Unable to open module 'file name'
306		Previously encountered module 'FileName'
307		Can't open indirect file 'FileName'
308		Can't write to standard out
309		#error ...
310		Declaration too long: 'String...'
312		Lint Object Module has obsolete or foreign version id
313		Too many files
314		Previously used .lnt file: FileName
315		Exceeded message limit (see -limit)
316		Error while writing to file "file name"
321		Declaration stack overflow
322		Unable to open include file FileName
323		Token String too long
324		Too many symbols Integer
325		Cannot re-open file 'file name'
326		String 'String ...' too long, exceeds Integer characters
401		symbol 'Symbol' not previously declared static at Location
402		static function 'Symbol' (Location) not defined
403		static symbol 'Symbol' has unusual type modifier
404		struct not completed within file 'FileName'
405		#if not closed off within file 'FileName'
406		Comment not closed off within file 'FileName'
407		Inconsistent use of tag 'Symbol' conflicts with Location
408		Type mismatch with switch expression
409		Expecting a pointer or array
410		size_t not what was expected from fzl and/or fzu, using 'Type'
411		ptrdiff_t not what was expected from fdl option, using 'Type'
412		Ambiguous format specifier '%X'
413		Likely use of null pointer 'Symbol' in [left/right] argument to operator 'String' Reference
414		Possible division by 0
415		access of out-of-bounds pointer ('Integer' beyond end of data) by operator 'String'
416		creation of out-of-bounds pointer ('Integer' beyond end of data) by operator 'String'
417		integral constant 'String' longer than long long int
418		Passing null pointer to function 'Symbol', Context Reference
419		Apparent data overrun for function 'Symbol', argument Integer exceeds argument Integer
420		Apparent access beyond array for function 'Symbol', argument Integer exceeds Integer Reference
421		Caution - function 'Symbol' is considered dangerous
422		Passing to function 'Symbol' a negative value (Integer), Context Reference
423		Creation of memory leak in assignment to variable 'Symbol'
424		Inappropriate deallocation (Name1) for 'Name2' data.
425		'Message' in processing semantic 'String' at token 'String'
426		Call to function 'Symbol' violates semantic 'String'
427		// comment terminates in \
428		negative subscript (Integer) in operator 'String'
429		Custodial pointer 'Symbol' (Location) has not been freed or returned
430		Character '@', taken to specify variable location, is not standard C/C++
432		Suspicious argument to malloc
433		Allocated area not large enough for pointer
434		White space ignored between back-slash and new-line
435		integral constant 'String' has precision Integer, use +fll to enable long long"
436		Preprocessor directive in invocation of macro 'Symbol' at Location
437		Passing struct 'Symbol' to ellipsis
449		Pointer variable 'Symbol' previously deallocated
501		Expected signed type
502		Expected unsigned type
503		Boolean argument to relational
504		Unusual shift value
505		Redundant left argument to comma
506		Constant value Boolean
507		Size incompatibility
508		extern used with definition
509		extern used with definition
511		Size incompatibility
512		Symbol 'Symbol' previously used as static (Location)
514		Unusual use of a Boolean
515		Symbol 'Symbol' has arg. count conflict (Integer vs. Integer) with Location
516		Symbol 'Symbol' has arg. type conflict (no. Integer - TypeDiff) with Location
517		defined not K&R
518		Expected '('
519		Size incompatibility
520		Expected void type, assignment, increment or decrement.
521		Expected void type, assignment, increment or decrement.
522		Expected void type, assignment, increment or decrement.
524		Loss of precision (Context) (Type to Type)
525		Negative indentation from Location
526		Symbol 'Symbol' (Location) not defined
527		Unreachable
528		Symbol 'Symbol' (Location) not referenced
529		Symbol 'Symbol' (Location) not subsequently referenced
530		Symbol 'Symbol' (Location) not initialized
531		Field size too large for 'Symbol'
532		Return mode of function 'Symbol' inconsistent with Location
533		function 'Symbol' should (not) return a value (see Location)
534		Ignoring return value of function 'Symbol' (compare with Location)
537		Repeated include file 'FileName'
538		Excessive size
539		Did not expect positive indentation from Location
540		Excessive size
541		Excessive size
542		Excessive size for bit field
544		endif or else not followed by EOL
545		Suspicious use of &
546		Suspicious use of &
547		Redefinition of symbol 'Symbol' conflicts with Location
548		else expected
549		Suspicious cast
550		Symbol 'Symbol' (Location) not accessed
551		Symbol 'Symbol' (Location) not accessed
552		Symbol 'Symbol' (Location) not accessed
553		Undefined preprocessor variable 'Name', assumed 0
555		#elif not K&R
556		indented #
557		unrecognized format
558		number of arguments inconsistent with format
559		size of argument number Integer inconsistent with format
560		argument no. Integer should be a pointer
561		(arg. no. Integer) indirect object inconsistent with format
562		Ellipsis (...) assumed
563		Label 'Symbol' (Location) not referenced
564		variable 'Symbol' depends on order of evaluation
565		tag 'Symbol' not previously seen, assumed file-level scope
566		Inconsistent or redundant format char 'Char'
567		Expected a numeric field before char 'Char'
568		nonnegative quantity is never less than zero.
569		Loss of information (Context) (Integer bits to Integer bits)
570		Loss of sign (Context) (Type to Type)
571		Suspicious Cast
572		Excessive shift value (precision integer shifted right by Integer)
573		Signed-unsigned mix with divide
574		Signed-unsigned mix with relational
575		enumeration constant exceeds range for integers
577		Mixed memory model (option 'String')
578		Declaration of symbol 'Symbol' hides symbol 'Symbol' (Location)
579		parameter preceding ellipsis has invalid type
580		Redeclaration of function 'Symbol' (hiding Location) causes loss of prototype
581		Option 'String' is obsolete and should no longer be used
582		esym (or emacro) name 'String' should not contain '('
584		Trigraph sequence (??Character) detected
601		Expected a type for symbol Symbol, int assumed
602		Comment within comment
603		Symbol 'Symbol' (Location) not initialized
604		Returning address of auto variable 'Symbol'
605		Increase in pointer capability (Context)
606		Non-ANSI escape sequence: '\String'
607		Parameter 'Symbol' of macro found within string
608		Assigning to an array parameter
609		Suspicious pointer conversion
610		Suspicious pointer combination
611		Suspicious cast
612		Expected a declarator
613		Possible use of null pointer 'Symbol' in [left/right] argument to operator 'String' Reference
614		auto aggregate initializer not constant
615		auto aggregate initializer has side effects
616		control flows into case/default
617		String is both a module and an include file
618		Storage class specified after a type
619		Loss of precision (Context) (Pointer to Pointer)
620		Suspicious constant (L or one?)
621		Identifier clash (Symbol 'Name' with Symbol 'Name' at String)
622		Size of argument no. Integer inconsistent with format
623		redefining the storage class of symbol 'Symbol' conflicts with Location
624		typedef 'Symbol' redeclared (TypeDiff) (Location)
625		auto symbol 'Symbol' has unusual type modifier
626		argument no. Integer inconsistent with format
627		(arg. no. Integer) indirect object inconsistent with format
628		no argument information provided for function 'Symbol' (Location)
629		static class for function 'Symbol' is non standard
630		ambiguous reference to symbol 'Name'
631		tag 'Symbol' defined differently at Location
632		Assignment to strong type 'Name' in context: Context
633		Assignment from a strong type 'Name' in context: Context
634		Strong type mismatch (type 'Symbol') in equality or conditional
635		resetting strong parent of type 'Symbol', old parent == type 'Symbol'
636		ptr to strong type 'Name' versus another type
637		Expected index type 'Symbol' for strong type 'Symbol'
638		Strong type mismatch for type 'Name' in relational
639		Strong type mismatch for type 'Name' in binary operation
640		Expected strong type 'Name' in Boolean context
641		Converting enum to int
642		Format char 'Char' not supported by wsprintf
643		Loss of precision in pointer cast
644		Variable 'Symbol' (Location) may not have been initialized
645		Symbol 'Symbol' (Location) may not have been initialized
646		case/default within Kind loop; may have been misplaced
647		Suspicious truncation
648		Overflow in computing constant for operation: String
649		Sign fill during constant shift