Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5] coverity: Store the modelling file in the source tree.

[Tim Deegan <tim@xxxxxxx>]

At 16:59 +0000 on 24 Jan (1390579158), George Dunlap wrote:
> On 01/24/2014 04:57 PM, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> > On 24/01/14 16:52, George Dunlap wrote:
> >> The name of the file might be a bit confusing though, if people think
> >> it is supposed to be compliled... would it make sense maybe to call it
> >> ".txt", and include some instructions at the top with a line that says
> >> "---- cut here 8< ---" or something?
> >>
> >>   -George
> > Not really - Coverity uses the file extension to work out how to
> > interpret the modelling file.  ".c" is correct here, and will cause
> > smart text editors to apply proper syntax highlighting.
> >
> > Alternates are .cpp and .java, depending on the primary language of the
> > project.
> 
> Yes, I assumed that *coverity* needs it to be a .c.  But it doesn't need 
> to be a .c file in the xen tree -- the instructions could say, "Place 
> the text below into a file named coverity_model.c".

+1.  I don't think it's confusing for humans but we don't want
e.g. ctags/cscope or IDEs picking up the coverity versions
of things.

Tim.

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