On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 06:28:39 -0400 Walt Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>On 9/21/2006 3:06 AM, Binyamin Dissen wrote: :>> Just imagine how much easier this would be if this was in the manual. :>> I guess an RCF would be in order, but all it could state is :>> "Please document undocumented options" :>> (which would be valid for pretty much any manual). :>> Now that I know what is going on I can program a better solution. :>We will NOT document all the undocumented options. The books document :>only those options that are part of the programming interfaces we intend :>for you to use. There are many macros that have options that are part :>of the intended programming interfaces, and options that are not. :>Generally when something is not documented it is because we do not want :>you to use it (which may be for a variety of reasons). At any rate you should be documenting what happens when the "intended" interface is used, such as storage being freed, CDE's pointing to nowhere, etc. :>I do not know, for KEEPRGN, whether we missed it or intentionally did :>not document it, but from the side effects mentioned in various APARs I :>suspect it is not an intended interface. Perhaps. I -- Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
