diff --git a/.splintrc b/.splintrc
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+-badflag
+-weak
++unix-lib
++char-index
++relax-quals
+-pred-bool-int
+-pred-bool-ptr
++ptr-negate
+-fixed-formal-array
++match-any-integral
++ignore-equals
+-name-checks