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Re: [STDS-754] Optional hexadecimal-string support -- 1.8.0 inconsistent now!
What ALSO escaped my attention (until now) was that draft 1.8.0 still
has
"shall" in that 5.12 preamble (page 37 line 20), so draft 1.8.0 now has
a
genuine conflict between 5.4.3 and 5.12, where 1.7.0 was consistent.
1.8.0 is not really inconsistent, here -- 5.4.3 details some formatof
operations; these are 'should'. 5.12 states that the conversions 'shall'
be provided; it does not refer back to 5.4.3, so this allows
implementations to provide the conversions in whatever manner they choose
(they might only be there for literals in a language, perhaps), although
the 5.4.3 operations remain as a recommendation.
7.12.3 states that language standards 'should' provide the conversions,
which is arguably a separate issue entirely.
There are more options there than perhaps are necessary, or perhaps all
three might better be 'should', but there is not a conflict.
Mike
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