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[PATCH v4 5/5] parse-options: clarify PARSE_OPT_NOARG description

From
Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 21, 2010, 09:58 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

Here "takes no argument" means "does not take an argument". The latter phrasing might make it clearer that PARSE_OPT_NOARG does not make an option with an argument that can optionally be left off.

Noticed-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
---
 parse-options.h |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/parse-options.h b/parse-options.h
index d3b1932..f5ee3a0 100644
--- a/parse-options.h
+++ b/parse-options.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ typedef int parse_opt_cb(const struct option *, const char *arg, int unset);
  * `flags`::
  *   mask of parse_opt_option_flags.
  *   PARSE_OPT_OPTARG: says that the argument is optional (not for BOOLEANs)
- *   PARSE_OPT_NOARG: says that this option takes no argument
+ *   PARSE_OPT_NOARG: says that this option does not take an argument
  *   PARSE_OPT_NONEG: says that this option cannot be negated
  *   PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN: this option is skipped in the default usage, and
  *                     shown only in the full usage.
-- 
1.7.2.2.409.gdbb11.dirty
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  7. 3/5 fmt-merge-msg: Update fmt-merge-msg and merge-config documentationRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 21, 2010
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  9. 5/5 parse-options: clarify PARSE_OPT_NOARG descriptionRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 21, 2010

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