RE: Motion P1788/M0036.03:Flavors Vote NO
It may be a good idea to add a similar explanatory wording to our standard as well
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From: Ferguson, Warren E [mailto:warren.e.ferguson@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 10:11 AM
To: Kreinovich, Vladik
Subject: RE: Motion P1788/M0036.03:Flavors Vote NO
This is probably carry-over form IEEE FP Std 754-1985, and I copied this from that standard:
shall: The use of the word shall signifies that which is obligatory in any conforming implementation.
should: The use of the word should signifies that which is strongly recommended as being in keeping with the intent of the standard, although architectural or other constraints beyond the scope of this standard may on occasion render the recommendations impractical.