Facebook open sources flint, a C++ linter written in D

[deadalnix]

On Tuesday, 25 February 2014 at 18:34:49 UTC, Ary Borenszweig 
wrote:
> Yes, it can be a separate module in the source code of the 
> compiler.
>
> The compiler is the only one that has most information to 
> provide lint errors.
>
> If the lint has tests, if you change the compiler you 
> immediately can tell if the linter stopped working correctly or 
> needs an update.
>
> If it's separated then it's always the turtle chasing the 
> rabbit.

Ideally, you'd provide semantic analysis as a library, and use it 
in the compiler AND in the linter.

That is even more separation of concerns, and that works well.