Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libutil

[Valery Ushakov <uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost>]

On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 21:31:23 +0000, Roland Illig wrote:

> and also didn't make it clear that a few bits were omitted from
> having descriptions.

I dislike this part.  It's internally inconsistent as it doesn't add
the placeholders for the low bits; and in many real-life scenarios
there will be *lots* of gaps in the defined bits, so implying in the
man page that the placeholders are good style just places the people
in a situation where they have to make the sensible thing, but go
against the style suggested in the man page.  I don't think that's
helpful.

Please, can we remove the placeholders from this example?

-uwe