2009/11/14 Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Sat, 2009-11-14 at 12:16 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: >> On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:43:53 -0600 >> Chris Adams wrote: >> >> > Would you expect to see individual man pages for "if", "?:", "void", >> > etc.? >> >> Actually yes, I would. Those are fundamental parts of the C language and >> should have the same man documentation as the library functions. > > The C Language is not documented in the man pages. It has *never* been > documented in the man pages in any version of Unix or Unix-related > systems that I'm aware of in over 35 years of use. Section 3 states > clearly that it documents "C Library Functions". Library functions are > not part of the language. Moreover, IMHO documenting language keywords > via man pages as they are traditionally understood would be next to > useless. A language requires a reference manual, tutorials and examples. > It does not require a man page on "if". > This is a bit OT from the thread, but since we are talking about documentation for programming languages I thought I might as well ask. When it comes to C libraries and and the C Language, I can refer to the man and info pages. But is their any such documentation for C++ and the STL on a GNU/linux system? I always find myself going to the web for this, searching for some online tutorial or references. Over time I have come to recognize which sources to consider more reliable than others, but still any documentation available on the system locally would be much more helpful. Any thoughts anyone? -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
