Industry leading Static Code Analysis:
PC-lint PLUS for C++11, C++14 and C++17
What is PC-lint PLUS?
PC-lint PLUS is a rewrite of PC-lint from the ground up. It combines the clang framework with Gimpel Software's 30+ years of static analysis experience to provide a product that supports the latest C and C++ standards and implements the leading edge analysis technology that Gimpel Software is known for. While PC-lint PLUS is a new offering from Gimpel Software, it is largely backward compatible with PC-lint /FlexeLint. In particular, most of the same options and messages are supported by PC-lint PLUS, indirect files work the same way, and flagship features such as Value Tracking, User-defined Function Semantics, and Strong Types are all available and many features have been significantly enhanced.
What's New in PC-lint PLUS
PC-lint PLUS includes many new messages, features, and enhancements. The highlights include:
Modern C++ Support
PC-lint PLUS fully supports C++11 and C++14 and most of the soon-to-be published C++17 Standard by leveraging clang to perform the lexing and parsing for C and C++ source code. Clang updates are regularly merged into PC-lint PLUS ensuring prompt support for the newest language features. As a result, PC-lint PLUS supports the latest compilers, including current versions of GCC and clang as well as Visual Studio 2015.
Improved Value Tracking
Value tracking now stores ranges of values instead of just individual values which allows PC-lint PLUS to gain further insight into your code when the exact values are unknown but they may be bounded by conditional logic. Structure members and floating point values are also now tracked. Data and function pointers can participate in value tracking which allows PC-lint PLUS to provide more effective analysis and a better understanding of aliased values and functions.
Parallel Analysis
PC-lint PLUS supports parallel analysis of projects by using separate threads to analyze each source code module, which speeds up the analysis process by making full use of the available hardware.
Streamlined Configuration
A new configuration tool automates the configuration process by extracting information from your compiler and your build process to generate comprehensive and accurate configurations that match the way you build your projects.
Improved MISRA C 2012 Support
PC-lint PLUS further extends existing MISRA C 2012 support with new messages, improved message verbiage that more clearly explains the violation being diagnosed, and underlying type breakdowns that show exactly how the different parts of an expression contributed to the ultimate underlying type of the expression to aid in the understanding of messages related to underlying types.
Enhanced Diagnostics
Diagnostic facilities have been greatly improved in PC-lint PLUS by providing the precise locations of issues encountered, by highlighting the key constructs referenced in the message, and by the introduction of supplemental messages to provide further insight into the conditions that lead to the issuance of the diagnostic.
Messages can now be organized into user-defined named groups for easier manipulation, parameterized suppressions can be localized to a specific code region, messages can be suppressed using regular expressions, and -efile can now be used to suppress messages within specific files.
Improved Function Semantics
PC-lint PLUS provides built-in function semantics for over 200 standard library functions.
Custom return semantics defined with the `-sem` option are now verified when the body of the function is available. For example, a semantic that specifies that a function never returns null will result in a diagnostic if the function actually does ever return null.
User-defined function semantics can also now be specified for individual function overloads and function templates.
Other features
In addition to the new features and enhancements described above, PC-lint PLUS contains dozens of minor improvements including a built-in help system, deprecation of types and options, improved printf and scanf format string checking with positional parameter support, the ability to save and restore entire option contexts, improved message verbiage for existing messages, and hundreds of new diagnostics (including many dedicated to the use of new C++ language features).
FAQ
◉ When will PC-lint PLUS be available?
Version 1.1 of PC-lint PLUS is now available.
◉ What operating systems are supported by PC-lint PLUS?
PC-lint PLUS Version 1 will run on Windows 7/8/10 (32-bit and 64-bit), Linux (64-bit), and MacOS.
◉ How much will PC-lint PLUS cost?
Pricing for PC-lint PLUS is based on a Team license. To use PC-lint PLUS, all Developers on your Team must be licensed. See our license agreement for the definition of Developer. To get pricing, please email sales@carnica-technology.com with your company information and the number of Developers on your Team.
◉ Will there be an upgrade path from PC-lint?
PC-lint PLUS is a new offering and is not available as an upgrade.
◉ Will PC-lint continue to be supported
PC-lint is currently being licensed and supported for use on C code only. We will not be updating PC-lint, but will continue to offer technical support through 2018 or until our customers' maintenance agreements expire. If you need C++ support, we recommend that you request an evaluation license for PC-lint PLUS which supports C++11 and C++14, in addition to C.