Flint

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flint is a lint tool for C++ code that Facebook built and open-sourced. It checks for violations of Facebook's internal coding rules, such as missing header guards, overuse of #define, and pointer comparison mistakes, and was first written in C++ and later rewritten in the D language. It is no longer maintained, and tools such as clang-tidy serve a similar role.

An open-source lint program for C++ developed by, and used at Facebook.

Favorite site

• flint project site
• Under the Hood: Building and open-sourcing flint