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+" Author: awlayton <alex@layton.in>
+" Description: mlint for MATLAB files
+
+let g:ale_matlab_mlint_executable =
+\   get(g:, 'ale_matlab_mlint_executable', 'mlint')
+
+function! ale_linters#matlab#mlint#Handle(buffer, lines)
+    " Matches patterns like the following:
+    "
+    " L 27 (C 1): FNDEF: Terminate statement with semicolon to suppress output.
+    " L 30 (C 13-15): FNDEF: A quoted string is unterminated.
+    let l:pattern = '^L \(\d\+\) (C \([0-9-]\+\)): \([A-Z]\+\): \(.\+\)$'
+    let l:output = []
+
+    for l:line in a:lines
+        let l:match = matchlist(l:line, l:pattern)
+
+        if len(l:match) == 0
+            continue
+        endif
+
+        let l:lnum = l:match[1] + 0
+        let l:col = l:match[2] + 0
+        let l:code = l:match[3]
+        let l:text = l:match[4]
+
+        " Suppress erroneous waring about filename
+        " TODO: Enable this error when copying filename is supported
+        if l:code ==# 'FNDEF'
+            continue
+        endif
+
+        " vcol is needed to indicate that the column is a character.
+        call add(l:output, {
+        \   'bufnr': a:buffer,
+        \   'lnum': l:lnum,
+        \   'vcol': 0,
+        \   'col': l:col,
+        \   'text': l:text,
+        \   'type': 'W',
+        \   'nr': -1,
+        \})
+    endfor
+
+    return l:output
+endfunction
+
+call ale#linter#Define('matlab', {
+\   'name': 'mlint',
+\   'executable': 'mlint',
+\   'command': g:ale#util#stdin_wrapper .
+\       ' .m ' . g:ale_matlab_mlint_executable . ' -id',
+\   'output_stream': 'stderr',
+\   'callback': 'ale_linters#matlab#mlint#Handle',
+\})