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Date:      Fri, 6 Dec 2013 23:25:39 -0500
From:      Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
To:        Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "freebsd-doc@freebsd.org" <freebsd-doc@freebsd.org>, Xin LI <delphij@freebsd.org>, "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com>
Subject:   Re: docs/184550: bc -q option not documented in man page
Message-ID:  <CAF6rxgm7qqE5cd-ax7=LipUGJpSA19ZJeJ1%2B_ZqpCqCfMU_cPw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20131207021835.GK20078@glenbarber.us>
References:  <201312070107.rB717SAW015758@freefall.freebsd.org> <CAF6rxgk50a0gL7_O3t=iFM-XGjnwam07ZNkOOgsWV=Tu7OKDXQ@mail.gmail.com> <20131207021835.GK20078@glenbarber.us>

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On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 06, 2013 at 09:12:30PM -0500, Eitan Adler wrote:
>> all options should be documented.  An undocumented option is a bug.
>> If we don't want people using it we should document as such.
>>
>
> It is documented.
>
>                 case 'q':
>                         /* compatibility option */
>                         break;

Source code is not documentation.  It it surprising to hear that,
especially on this list.

-- 
Eitan Adler



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