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Re: Fuzzy words [was Uppercase question for RFC2119 words]

2016-03-29 13:43:13
On 3/29/16, 6:57 AM, "ietf on behalf of Tony Finch" 
<ietf-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org on behalf of dot(_at_)dotat(_dot_)at> wrote:


Brian E Carpenter <brian(_dot_)e(_dot_)carpenter(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:

But if a spec uses, for example, a mixture of SHOULD and should, who
knows what the authors intended? To that extent, the proposed
clarification is helpful.

I think if a document uses RFC 2119 keywords then it ought to avoid
non-capitalized uses of the keywords, e.g. by replacing "should" with
"ought to" or other rephrasings.

Tony.

Cue reference to "draft-hansen-nonkeywords-non2119" :-)

        Tony Hansen


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