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Re: Scan of regexps in Emacs (March 17)
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Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Scan of regexps in Emacs (March 17) |
Date: |
Thu, 21 Mar 2019 16:17:46 +0200 |
> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 21:21:38 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
>
> The problem with an empty "should" is that it's
> vague, and it can be misunderstood as a (possibly
> shame-faced) "must". (Shame-faced ~ weasel.)
That is true for documents that describe requirements of some sort.
That's not what our documentation does.
> But "should", "recommend", and "must" all typically
> beg the question of what happens if you don't.
That's an orthogonal issue, it exists regardless of the word you
choose.
> With "should", in particular, it's also typically
> unclear how important it is that you do what's
> suggested.
I disagree, but I do think that if the text begs such a question, it
should also answer it. Again, this is regardless of which word is
used.
- Scan of regexps in Emacs (March 17), Mattias Engdegård, 2019/03/17
- Re: Scan of regexps in Emacs (March 17), Paul Eggert, 2019/03/18
- Re: Scan of regexps in Emacs (March 17), Mattias Engdegård, 2019/03/19
- Re: Scan of regexps in Emacs (March 17), Paul Eggert, 2019/03/19
- Re: Scan of regexps in Emacs (March 17), Stefan Monnier, 2019/03/19
- Re: Scan of regexps in Emacs (March 17), Paul Eggert, 2019/03/20
- RE: Scan of regexps in Emacs (March 17), Drew Adams, 2019/03/20
- Re: Scan of regexps in Emacs (March 17), Paul Eggert, 2019/03/20
- Re: Scan of regexps in Emacs (March 17), Eli Zaretskii, 2019/03/20
- RE: Scan of regexps in Emacs (March 17), Drew Adams, 2019/03/21
- Re: Scan of regexps in Emacs (March 17),
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: Scan of regexps in Emacs (March 17), Stefan Monnier, 2019/03/20
- Re: Scan of regexps in Emacs (March 17), Mattias Engdegård, 2019/03/21
- Re: Scan of regexps in Emacs (March 17), Richard Stallman, 2019/03/20
- Re: Scan of regexps in Emacs (March 17), Stephen Leake, 2019/03/22
- Re: Scan of regexps in Emacs (March 17), Mattias Engdegård, 2019/03/22
- Re: Scan of regexps in Emacs (March 17), Stefan Monnier, 2019/03/22
- Re: Scan of regexps in Emacs (March 17), Mattias Engdegård, 2019/03/20