From f80134247dc5821e0bb6c8fdb046a3cfa639119d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Danny Yoo Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 12:29:30 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add content to documentation on '-c' to ward off accidental misuse. --- collects/scribblings/reference/startup.scrbl | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/collects/scribblings/reference/startup.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/reference/startup.scrbl index 079622d23d..03508273d4 100644 --- a/collects/scribblings/reference/startup.scrbl +++ b/collects/scribblings/reference/startup.scrbl @@ -234,7 +234,12 @@ flags: @item{@FlagFirst{c} or @DFlagFirst{no-compiled} : Disables loading of compiled byte-code @filepath{.zo} files, by initializing - @racket[current-compiled-file-paths] to @racket[null].} + @racket[current-compiled-file-paths] to @racket[null]. + Use judiciously: this effectively ignores the content of all + @filepath{compiled} subdirectories, so that any used modules are + compiled on the fly---even @racketmodname[racket/base] and + its dependencies---which leads to prohibitively expensive + run times.} @item{@FlagFirst{q} or @DFlagFirst{no-init-file} : Skips loading @racket[(find-system-path 'init-file)] for