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Re:C uses "&" for the address-operator because 'ampersand so... by bluecalm on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @09:28AM (#37831819)
You don't really need a linter. It's just a warning setting, see:

  -Wimplicit-fallthrough
From the compiler docs. It's just not a problem. If you waste time once and learn about warning options in the compiler you will be better off anyway. It's like with assignment being an expression panic - something that maybe bites you once and then you learn to read the compiler warnings and it never causes problems again. If you don't want to read then there is:

  -Werror
Available.
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