Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com> wrote: > > To reduce the number of reserved key words, the following key words > > are deprecated, and no longer have special meanings defined by BCP > > 14: > > > > REQUIRED, SHALL, SHALL NOT, RECOMMENDED, NOT RECOMMENDED, OPTIONAL > > I will be glad to see the back of SHALL, but I object to deprecating > the adjectives. They are useful - indeed, sometimes required - for > the construction of readable sentences and, for example, tables of > RECOMMENDED and OPTIONAL values. +1 to keeping the adjectives. They are indeed helpful or even necessary in crafting readable prose. Mike Heard