On Aug 31, 2011, at 9:57 AM, hector wrote: SHOULD is IMO most often useful not when specifying how a protocol acts "on the wire", but when specifying how a protocol needs to be implemented on a particular platform, where the precise semantics, API details, etc. naturally differ from one platform to another. yes, it is done to some degree. but that's not, in general, a desirable practice. (though there are cases where it can be justified). Keith |
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