The 'direct' branchspec option

SUMMARY

In version 2003.2 there was an option called direct in the the branchspec but it was removed in 2004.2 and subsequent versions. What did this flag do and why is it no longer available?

DETAILS

As of version 2004.2 the 'p4 integrate' -i and -I flags do the same thing. The direct option caused subsequent integrates with the branchspec to use -I; but, since it is functionally identical to -i, the direct option was deprecated