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Ulrich,
I think Walter is correct.
I would interpret “rigor” in this context as, “Thou shalt not lie.” Containment is a requirement to be considered “interval”. Any violation of containment is an implementation error. I observe that much of the discussion in this P1788 group
has been about defining exactly what we mean by “containment” in extreme cases.
Of course, we prefer tight bounds to loose ones, but often, there is a trade-off of tightness with “cost”, in some sense, on someone’s part. Other threads of the discussion in this P1788 group have been about the extent to which the standard
should prescribe preferences on the tightness/cost (in some sense to someone) spectrum.
George Corliss
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