# from Andy Armstrong
# on Thursday 29 November 2007 04:20:

>[ ] --
>[X] something else (please specify)

The -- means "end of options" for prove, which makes everything coming 
after that into a filename.  This usage replaces that meaning with 
something entirely different and unexpected.

Why are we voting?

--Eric
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