Comment by dapirian

I think this definition is outdated - linters find real bugs now. The boundaries between linters, static analyzers, and security tools in real life are basically nonexistent, it's entirely tool by tool. Also, autoformatters should style code, not linters. Used to be that linters told you about code style issues, and many still do, but ppl should turn all rules off and use autoformatters instead. Much easier/better.