Scott Dial wrote:
> Someone feel free to correct me if I am incorrect about the desired tone
> and use of the document..
I don't think we're particularly consistent. For example, I actually
ending up adding a note to PEP 343 indicating that people shouldn't read
too much into the verb tense in that document because we were working on
it for over a year and things that were in the future when we started
were well in the past by the time we finished.
In general, I agree that using present tense ("is") in specifications
and documentation such as PEPs ends up standing the test of time better
than using future tense ("will be").
Cheers,
Nick.
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Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia
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