But that's the point: it *is* an imperative. That's the difference between being REQUIRED to do/not to do something, versus something being RECOMMENDED to do/not to do, or OPTIONAL.<div><br></div><div>For example: use of fopen() type functions: the requirement is imperative. They MUST NOT be used.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Chip<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Mario Peshev <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mario@peshev.net">mario@peshev.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I would not like 'must not' as too imperative - 'should not' or<br>
'required to' + some other verb indicating negative sound better in my<br>
language at least.<br>
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</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Chip Bennett <<a href="mailto:chip@chipbennett.net">chip@chipbennett.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> We use the terminology from RFC 2119, in order to ensure consistency; so:<br>
> "required", "recommended", or "optional".<br>
> I suppose we could replace "required not" with "must not"?<br>
> Chip<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Angelo Bertolli <<a href="mailto:angelo.bertolli@gmail.com">angelo.bertolli@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Maybe the word FORBIDDEN could be used instead if it makes it clearer.<br>
>><br>
>> On 11/10/2011 10:24 AM, Mario Peshev wrote:<br>
>> > Please do apologize my English, but as a foreign language 'REQUIRED<br>
>> > NOT to' written this way looks exactly like "NOT REQUIRED to'" (with<br>
>> > this exact casing).<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Could be my bad, but these are guidelines and the cleaner, the better.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Mario Peshev<br>
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>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
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