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runtimemetadataversion parameter not documented

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#7,864 opened on Jan 9, 2016

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Description

Command line parameter runtimemetadataversion not documented neither in MSDN, nor in csc /?.

It only indirectly mentioned in error message: "No value for RuntimeMetadataVersion found. No assembly containing System.Object was found nor was a value for RuntimeMetadataVersion specified through options."

It is hard to find it when compiling own mscorlib.

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csharp
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C#command line compiler basics
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Research direction
Search the Roslyn source code for the help text output (likely in CSharpCommandLineParser.cs) to find where command line parameters are documented. Look for existing parameter documentation and add the 'runtimemetadataversion' parameter with a description. Also consider updating the MSDN documentation if applicable.