[llvm-commits] [PATCH][docs/CommandGuide] Reveal there is a "-help-hidden" option for opt command

[陳韋任]

> >  I think it's a good idea to tell people there is a "-help-hidden"
> > which shows more available options for `opt` command. For example,
> > people might need to control how inline is done by `opt` but don't
> > know there is "-inline-threshold" option which only appears with
> > "-help-hidden" (see the link below).  
> > 
> >  [LLVMdev] inline functions
> >  http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvmdev/2011-October/044484.html
> > 
> Hi Chenwj,
> 
> I think that runs counter to what -help-hidden is for. The option is meant to hide those flags. Some of those flags are for works in progress. Some of them are for developer debugging. None of them are meant to be used by normal folk... :-)

  I know. What I think is people (developers) might need this option,
but don't know its existence. You know there are a lot of message
printed by `opt -help`, -help-hidden might just slip past their eyes
(at least to me ;-))  

Regards,
chenwj

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