> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shalom Bresticker [mailto:Shalom.Bresticker@freescale.com]
> In general, the language of SV 3.1a needs to be tightened up
> to conform to
> IEEE style guidelines
> (e.g, use of 'shall', 'may', 'can', etc.; normative vs.
> informative, etc.)
Indeed; but NOT, please, by the use of global search and replace.
The current LRM has some laughable uses of normative language
such as "shall" in places where the intent is plainly explanatory,
to predict the behaviour of some example code, rather than to
specify how the language works.
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