standard usage has been that one MUST write MUST in all upper case to get
the magical meaning.
The reason MUST be that MUSTy old grammarians MAY think that one SHOULD not
attach special meanings to words just because they MAY occur in places
where they MUST occur in order to make the meaning apparent to a normal
reader of English.
This is most apparent in the month of May.
Harald
--On 15. februar 2002 00:54 -0600 David Fischer <david(_at_)drummondgroup(_dot_)com>
wrote:
I am working in a standards group and a disagreement has arisen
concerning RFC2119.
Is the 2119 keyword simply "must" or "MUST" or "Must" or "MuSt" ... , or
is the weight of the 2119 definition reserved strictly for "MUST" (all
caps)? I assume the answer would equally apply to the entire list of
2119 keywords.
Regards,
David Fischer
Drummond Group.