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Date:      29 Jun 1998 11:47:16 +0200
From:      smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav)
To:        Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
Cc:        Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Draft manpages available for review
Message-ID:  <rx4iulko7yz.fsf@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com>
In-Reply-To: Doug Rabson's message of Mon, 29 Jun 1998 09:16:02 %2B0100 (BST)
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980629091055.1385I-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>

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Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> writes:
> > Some man pages do not have 'Return Values' sections.
> > [...]
> I didn't bother with a 'Return Values' section for functions which were
> void or where the return value was described in the 'Description' section.

Bzzzt, if you basically know what the function does but are unsure
about the return values, having a separate RETURN VALUES section is
very useful since it makes finding this information much quicker.

DES (who can never remember what fgets() returns...)
-- 
Dag-Erling Smørgrav - smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com

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