[cfp-interest 4001] Re: ISO Guidelines

Damian McGuckin damianm at esi.com.au
Mon Aug 31 14:06:00 PDT 2026


On Mon, 31 Aug 2026, RAJAN BHAKTA wrote:

> That is correct. No ?shall? in recommended practice. And WG14?s guidance 
> is no ?shall" in anything other than constraints as a general rule 
> (exceptions always exist) going forward and even backwards (the UB study 
> group is looking to remove these in other areas)!

In Chapter 9 of IEEE 754 / ISO 60559, Recommended Operations has 20+
occurrences of 'shall' . Hmmm

Thanks - Damian


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