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I think that's a SHOULD in the send of RFC 2119: "There may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore a particular item, but the full implications must be understood and carefully weighed before choosing a different course."

Treating a SHOULD as a MUST even when particular circumstances are against it, is one way to fail at a task.

It's like Orwell's last rule, where many people seem to miss that it's the punchline of the whole essay: "Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous."



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