On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 07:03:56AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > Reading DTSpec v0.4, near the beginning: > > "The word should is used to indicate that among several possibilities > one is recommended as particularly suitable, without mentioning or > excluding others; or that a certain course of action is preferred but > not necessarily required; or that (in the negative form) a certain > course of action is deprecated but not prohibited (should equals is > recommended that)." > > It seems contradictory to suggest that "should" implies > "recommended" but, in the negative sense, it can also support I believe that by "in the negative form", it means when something says "should not".. > "deprecated", which typically suggests something that is *not* > recommended but is nonetheless acceptable. ..in which case being similar to "deprecated" makes sense. I will agree that saying "in the negative form", parenthesized, amongst a cluster of interacting clauses is probably not a great way of expressing this, and it might be clearer to explicitly give a meaning to "should not". > > It just seems like that's giving off mixed messages. > > rday > -- David Gibson | I'll have my music baroque, and my code david AT gibson.dropbear.id.au | minimalist, thank you. NOT _the_ _other_ | _way_ _around_! http://www.ozlabs.org/~dgibson
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