From 95373ddab5966e5975c7d1a9f52ddbbeeb664cc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Layton <alex@layton.in>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:32:52 -0400
Subject: Add support for mlint, a MATLAB linter (#145)

* Add support for mlint, a MATLAB linter

* Fix mlint linter as requested

* Clean up leftover loaded flag for mlint
---
 README.md                    |  1 +
 ale_linters/matlab/mlint.vim | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 doc/ale.txt                  |  1 +
 3 files changed, 57 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 ale_linters/matlab/mlint.vim

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8c0e8d77..4cbebcd3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ name. That seems to be the fairest way to arrange this table.
 | JavaScript | [eslint](http://eslint.org/), [jscs](http://jscs.info/), [jshint](http://jshint.com/) |
 | JSON | [jsonlint](http://zaa.ch/jsonlint/) |
 | Lua | [luacheck](https://github.com/mpeterv/luacheck) |
+| MATLAB | [mlint](https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/mlint.html) |
 | Perl | [perl -c](https://perl.org/), [perl-critic](https://metacpan.org/pod/Perl::Critic) |
 | PHP | [php -l](https://secure.php.net/), [phpcs](https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer) |
 | Pug | [pug-lint](https://github.com/pugjs/pug-lint) |
diff --git a/ale_linters/matlab/mlint.vim b/ale_linters/matlab/mlint.vim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1e6cf05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ale_linters/matlab/mlint.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+" 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',
+\})
diff --git a/doc/ale.txt b/doc/ale.txt
index 52702b2b..c1abaa78 100644
--- a/doc/ale.txt
+++ b/doc/ale.txt
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ The following languages and tools are supported.
 * JavaScript: 'eslint', 'jscs', 'jshint'
 * JSON: 'jsonlint'
 * Lua: 'luacheck'
+* MATLAB: 'mlint'
 * Perl: 'perl' (-c flag), 'perlcritic'
 * PHP: 'php' (-l flag), 'phpcs'
 * Pug: 'pug-lint'
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