Issue 0017.25: Should must appear in footnotes?

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Authors: Derek M. Jones, WG14
Date: 1992-12-10
Reference document: X3J11/90-056
Submitted against: C90
Status: Closed
Converted from: dr.htm, dr_017.html

“Must” in footnotes

This change is not essential since footnotes have no status. But this change would cut down the number of occurrences of “shall” synonyms used where “shall” itself could have be used.

Comment from WG14 on 1997-09-23:

Response

The standard is clear enough as is.