Lint and hic* global variables

Hi there,

I have this problem since almost 3 years, and now I decide that I have
to fix it .
Before creating the context file I have to be sure that my code is
Lint clean -that's the rule in the company.
So to check my files I use next pice of code:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
sklint(
?file l_files
?outputFile outputFile
?prefixes list('MyPrefix) ;; starts with
UpperCase
)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Lint starts to complain about the hic* variables:
WARN GLOB (VAR8): hicBottomPercentSet
WARN GLOB (VAR8): hicErrorDialog
WARN GLOB (VAR8): hicLeftPercentSet
WARN GLOB (VAR8): hicMessageDialog
WARN GLOB (VAR8): hicRightPercentSet
WARN GLOB (VAR8): hicTopPercentSet
WARN GLOB (VAR8): hicWarningDialog
and I get the score: 99 of 100, but I need 100/100 .

Any idea about how can I fix this ?



Reading at the sourcelink.cadence.com there is a "solution"
Solution ID: 11173760, which said:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
......
The hi, hic, and hiv warnings can be suppressed with these Lint
options:

Context: hiBase
Check For Warnings (on)



Alternatively, you may run the sklint function in the CIW:
sklint( ?context "hiBase"
?checkCdsPrefixes t
?file "myProg.il"
?outputFile "LINT.log"
)

where
hiBase = context choice
checkCdsPrefixes = if t, then check for Cadence function/
variable prefixes that start with lower case
myProg.il = SKILL program file
Lint.log = output Lint log file name

As a result, the hi, hic, and hiv global variable warnings will be
replaced by this Lint information message:
INFO (PREFIXES): Using prefixes: (hi hic hiv)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


So, I've changed my code:

sklint(
?file l_files
?outputFile outputFile
?prefixes list('MyPrefix) ;; starts with UpperCase
?context "hiBase"
?checkCdsPrefixes t
)

Now Lint gives more warnings.
First it complains --- WARN (PREFIX1): Prefixes must start with a
lower case character : MyPrefix
After that for each access to my global vars I get a warning, and in
the end the score is 98/100 .
Probable the trick will work if I will not have global vars.
But I need some global vars because:
- forms
- some global vars to act as cache data.

From what I know the my global vars have to start with UpperCase,
that's a kind of convention written in some Cadence documentation.


Best Regards,
Marcel

 

Marcel Preda wrote, on 08/23/10 11:36:

Hi Marcel,

I tend to do this by doing:

skIgnoreMessage('STRICT)

and then setting my prefix list to be list('MyPrefix 'hic)

That should do it. Or you can just do this skIgnoreMessage, and then do the call
you're doing but omit the ?checkCdsPrefixes t.

Regards,

Andrew.

 

Hi Andrew,

Thank you very much.
I'll try it next days.
If it will not work I'll bother you again

Release already done with the hic* warnings.


BR,
Marcel