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Use of "may", "must", etc.

From: Ashok Malhotra <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:34:00 -0000

Hi Bryan: I agree that this is a problem. My alternate proposal is that the upper-case words indicate the RFC 2119 keywords and the lower-case words indicate normal English usage. But not everyone likes this solution. Bryan Aupperle wrote: > > I believe all of the TCs have adopted use of RFC 2119 keywords in > uppercase only and to not use the keywords in lower-case form at all, > using synonyms when necessary. We have started scrubbing the C++ spec > to eliminate use of "may", "must", etc. and found that some rather > awkward language can result Has anyone else started this exercise > and how are your results? > > Bryan Aupperle, Ph.D. > STSM, WebSphere Enterprise Platform Software Solution Architect > Master Inventor > > Research Triangle Park, NC > +1 919-254-7508 (T/L 444-7508) > Internet Address: [email protected] -- All the best, Ashok