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Re: 2119bis

2011-08-30 08:49:39
On Aug 30, 2011, at 9:24 AM, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
Dear Eric;

I support adding the SHOULD ... UNLESS formalism (although maybe it should be 
MUST... UNLESS). It would be useful as there will be times where the UNLESS 
can be specified and has been given due consideration at the time of writing. 
That, however, will not always be the case. (More inline).
[snip]
But how about 

SHOULD do FOO UNLESS you have given serious consideration as to the 
consequences of not doing FOO.

Isn't that really the original intention of SHOULD ?  Do we gain anything if 
that is added every time it is used?

Looking at this from a protocol perspective, SHOULD now equals MAY.  There is 
no objective way of deciding when to do FOO or not.

[snip]

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