[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

    "fragile"  - "arguments not vetted, you can crash this if
                  you don't play well with others"
    "robust"   - "good faith argument checking done, but there
                  may be some gotchas left"
    "ironclad" - "we've collectively banged on this one REALLY
                  hard, and are confident that errors will be
                  pre-empted"

How about applying the SourceForge nomenclature for applications: 

1: Planning 
2: Pre-Alpha
3: Alpha
4: Beta ("fragile")
5: Production-Stable ("robust")
6: Mature ("ironclad")

> So...  should we prefer a style for common/standard library
functions, or at least document which position the author (and
maintainers) took?

How about starting with Carl's style guide <
http://www.rebol.com/users/scrstyle.html >, and extending from there?

-T.

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