1652 2005-07-16 00:28:36 +0000 [FS] poor usage: "may not raise an error" 2007-01-16 17:31:28 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified XPath / XQuery / XSLT Formal Semantics 1.0 Last Call drafts PC Windows 2000 CLOSED FIXED P2 minor --- 1 fred.zemke simeon public-qt-comments oldest_to_newest 4736 0 fred.zemke 2005-07-16 00:28:36 +0000 3.3.4 Errors and optimization Penultimate para, last sentence: "An implementation, however, may not raise an error...". This could be construed "an implementation is not permitted to raise an error...". Of course, this interpretation contradicts the rest of the passage, but it would be better to reword this, perhaps "an implementation may fail to raise an error..." or "an implementation is permitted not to raise ane error..." or even "an implementation may, however, not raise an error". See also my comment #1603 that the term "may" has not been defined. If "may" is given its usual definition "permitted but not required" then your use of "may" in this sentence is actually correct, although it still reads poorly in ordinary English. 4895 1 simeon 2005-07-19 17:24:10 +0000 I believe this is editorial. - Jerome 9174 2 simeon 2006-04-11 22:52:45 +0000 Taken over by events. The corresponding material about error handling has been removed in the CR draft. - Jerome