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Subject: Re: [office-formula] Whitespace fixups


Eike:
> Not sure, to me SHOULD usually means "you really should do that except
> you're unable or there are very good reasons to not do it".

Andreas J Guelzow:
> Since SHOULD and MAY have specific meanings in this standard (completely
> separate from their "english language meaning"), I think we ought not to
> use both to avoid any conflict between those two clauses (or at least
> the perception of any conflict.)

Fair enough.

Is the main issue inline arrays?  How about:

"... SHOULD preserve whitespace in formulas outside inline arrays, and
MAY preserve whitespace inside inline arrays"

--- David A. Wheeler


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