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I guess it depends on what you want out of a linter e.g. if you want it to check just syntax or semantics as well. Is “= NULL” syntactically correct?

• ThePadawan 5y ago
  A linter is supposed to tell you "you are probably making a mistake." "= NULL" is as syntactically correct in SQL as "if (x = null)" in C. If it wasn't, code highlighting or compiling would break, both of which are much much more obvious.
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• danachow 5y ago
  The compiler checks syntax - if that’s all a linter did it wouldn’t be very useful.
  • munk-a 5y ago
    `= NULL` is perfectly legal syntax - but it isn't doing what you think it is.
    • ThePadawan 5y ago
      That's what parent is saying. He is contrasting a compiler (which this isn't) to a linter (which this arguably also isn't).