Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libm/man

[Warner Losh <imp%bsdimp.com@localhost>]

On Sep 12, 2011, at 1:09 PM, Jukka Ruohonen wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 08:00:53PM +0200, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 02:44:27PM +0000, Jukka Ruohonen wrote:
>>> Module Name:        src
>>> Committed By:       jruoho
>>> Date:               Mon Sep 12 14:44:27 UTC 2011
>>> 
>>> Modified Files:
>>>     src/lib/libm/man: ldexp.3
>>> 
>>> Log Message:
>>> Update and improve, and note that the long double variant is not supported.
>> 
>> Can we please *not* add such notes? They don't really add value, the
>> lack of a long double prototype at the beginning of the man page is
>> indicator enough. They do add just another thing to keep track of when
>> adding the support though.
> 
> Fair enough. But I think it is a BUG worth mentioning when an operating
> system does not support standard C.

Then create a bunch of MLINKS to a generic 'This function isn't supported' 
page.  Since the implementors would need to create a real man page or real 
link, this seems to be to be less likely to cause confusion than notes 
everywhere that grow stale.

Warner