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Barry Margolin  
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 More options Oct 14 2012, 10:07 pm
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
From: Barry Margolin <bar...@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:07:29 -0400
Local: Sun, Oct 14 2012 10:07 pm
Subject: Re: Google Common Lisp Style Guide
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In article <ae0auoFrl...@mid.individual.net>,
 Nils M Holm <news2...@t3x.org> wrote:

> Pascal Costanza <p...@p-cos.net> wrote:
> > Did you read the document we're talking about? There are at least 24
> > occurrences of "must", and 32 occurrences of "should." I especially find
> > "You MUST follow conventions, they are not optional." somewhat hilarious...

> Ah, I see. I interpret "must" in technical documents as a strong
> preference and "should" as a not so strong preference.

> But I agree, it sounds a bit strong in a style guide, which is
> rather subjective by its very nature.

Using the style guide in the first place is merely a SHOULD. So the
qualifiers within it should be understood in that context.

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Barry Margolin, bar...@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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