[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] An exception might be raised

[John Cowan]

Submitter: John Cowan
Email address: cowan at ccil.org
Issue type: Defect
Priority: Minor
Component: Comments
Report version: 5.91
Summary: "An exception might be raised" considered confusing

I believe it would be more appropriate to use "An exception should not
be raised" in accordance with the definition of SHOULD NOT in RFC 2119.
This affects the definition in Section 5.5 (p. 20) as well as all uses.

If this is thought confusing, then "may (but should not) be raised"
is probably clearer, though more verbose.

It would be good to go through and make all MUSTard RFC 2119-compliant,
though one need not use the IETF all-caps convention.

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