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Re: Y??? 'Cause I'm asking!!!
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Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:57:29 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Derek Raycraft wrote:


I believe the intent is 'should' means 'must' otherwise the rule is
meaningless and could be completely ignored.


I put in a fair amount of effort differentiating out should versus must.  Any
should is really a recommendation.  Chris was super anal about how he didn't
want to enforce certain items  on people.  Uniform colour and solid bricks was
one of them.

So hence, it's in there now as a "should" versus a must.

Calum



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(...) I thought that's why we included a guidelines sections. So we could differentiate between what is required and what isn't. This approach is more confusing, not less. Derek (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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(...) This is a rule. (...) This is not. (...) I believe the intent is 'should' means 'must' otherwise the rule is meaningless and could be completely ignored. When writing design documents I am very careful not to use the word should. It renders (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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