[Mono-dev] Is there any reason to not add instead a flag?

["Andrés G. Aragoneses"]

Ok fair enough, I'll implement your suggestions.

You know, it's not that I don't like to document stuff (I'm almost done
porting [1] to [2] so we can replace it in [3] ;) )

Regards,

	Andrés

[1] http://www.mono-project.com/Compiling_Mono_From_SVN
[2] http://www.mono-project.com/Compiling_Mono_From_Git
[3] http://www.mono-project.com/Compiling
El 12/08/10 04:39, Miguel de Icaza escribió:
> Hello,
> 
>     I thought about this, but it would be a bit weird to use a tool called
>     "mono-api-info" if you don't want the API but the ABI. This is why I
>     thought it would be more intuitive this way.
> 
> 
> Minor issue.
> 
>     > It goes against the "If it is not documented, it does not exist" rule.
> 
>     Then mono-api-info doesn't exist either :) (there's no man page for it)
> 
> 
> What we have here is an opportunity.
> 
> You now get to write the man page and document what both do.
> 
>     I'm thinking I can get it to be the same executable, but can it be a
>     different script called "mono-abi-info" which internally calls
>     mono-api-info.exe passing the flag?
> 
> 
> I do not want that, it is a minor aesthetic issue.   Just change it to
> --abi and let us be done.
>  
> 
>     If there's no man page for mono-api-info, I prefer to do it in a wiki
>     page, ok? (Don't know man format enough to not copy-paste the
>     structure ;) )
> 
> 
> I realize it is more convenient for you, but it is not more convenient
> for the user that has to wonder "What the hell does this do?"
> 
> Granted, there is no man page, so this is why we are going to turn a
> negative into a positive.
> 
> 
> 
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