Re: New editors' draft

On 09/11/2012 08:19 AM, Stephen D Green wrote:
>
> later:
>  "A MicroXML parser is still conforming if it fails to meet the 
> requirements of the first paragraph of this section only because of 
> limitations of computing resources."
> Not sure about the use of MUST in the first paragraph. It seems to be 
> pointless making it a MUST if that is then weakened later to say there 
> is some vague category of parser which breaks the conformance 
> requirement but is allowed to do so because it somehow can't keep it. 
> That just sounds like a SHOULD.
>
Personally, I would strike the second paragraph (caveat about OOME, etc) 
- I think this falls under the "acts of god" clause and goes without saying

-Mike

Received on Tuesday, 11 September 2012 12:33:28 UTC