[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] An exception might be raised

From: Trent Buck <trentbuck>
Date: Sun Oct 1 20:18:58 2006

On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 05:43:48AM +0000, John Cowan wrote:
> Submitter: John Cowan
> Email address: cowan_at_ccil.org
> Issue type: Defect
> Priority: Minor
> Component: Comments
> Report version: 5.91
> Summary: "An exception might be raised" considered confusing
>
> I believe it would be more appropriate to use "An exception should not
> be raised" in accordance with the definition of SHOULD NOT in RFC 2119.

+1

> It would be good to go through and make all MUSTard RFC 2119-compliant,
> though one need not use the IETF all-caps convention.

Since RFCs are plain text, 2119's recommended capitalization could be
considered emphasis, i.e. \emph{}.
-- 
Trent Buck, Student Errant
Received on Sun Oct 01 2006 - 20:18:17 UTC

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