Annex C wording should not claim old code will "fail to compile"
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Description
The phrase "fail to compile" should not be used describing how code from an earlier standard will be affected by changes to the new standard. Instead, we should say "may become ill-formed". Observe that we do not guarantee that code becomes ill-formed, as QoI permissions often exist that do not enforce old code becoming ill-formed, e.g., use of a zombie name or header.
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Start by locating the Annex C wording in the TeX sources; no specific file or test is named in the issue. Replace the claim that earlier-standard code will “fail to compile” with wording that it “may become ill-formed,” while preserving the qualification about QoI permissions and zombie names or headers.
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- Tech stack
- tex
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- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100