From 05c2ec109e6e026515e5e3b1d7282c4fba037d19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian <i.r.butterworth@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:36:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add comment to explain show_errors

---
 base/loading.jl | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/base/loading.jl b/base/loading.jl
index 2e100c79a4f94..8f60b2c8a66ab 100644
--- a/base/loading.jl
+++ b/base/loading.jl
@@ -1223,6 +1223,7 @@ end
 
 const MAX_NUM_PRECOMPILE_FILES = 10
 
+# `show_errors` is an "internal" interface for Pkg.precompile
 function compilecache(pkg::PkgId, path::String, show_errors::Bool = true)
     # decide where to put the resulting cache file
     cachefile = compilecache_path(pkg)