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STL: Update comments citing old Working Papers

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Description

In comments, we often cite and quote the current Working Paper. Over the years, its sections are renumbered and its wording changes due to features being added, library issues being resolved, and editorial issues being cleaned up. This is especially true after a recent overhaul of Constraints/Mandates/Requires/etc. elements.

We should clean up these old comments (and static_assert messages), which involves:

  1. Citing the now-current Working Paper
  2. Dropping the section number
  3. Checking that the stable name is still accurate (these rarely change, but it happens)
  4. Updating the paragraph numbers if they have changed
  5. Updating any quoted wording (making sure to clean out non-ASCII characters like long dashes)

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Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Search the repository for comments and static_assert messages that cite the Working Paper, then compare each citation and quotation with the current Working Paper. Done means outdated section numbers are removed, stable names and paragraph numbers are verified, wording is current, and non-ASCII characters are cleaned up.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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