Unclear text [was IID length text [was Re: Review of draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis-06]]

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Tue, 17 January 2017 22:28 UTC

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Subject: Unclear text [was IID length text [was Re: Review of draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis-06]]
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From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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On 17/01/2017 17:52, Lorenzo Colitti wrote:
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> "Not clear" != "faulty". 

On the contrary, in a standards document, "Not clear" == "faulty"

Really. If we publish text that is logically correct but can easily
be misread (or, of course, text that is ambiguous) then it's faulty text.

(On a personal note, I have always tried to discipline myself thus:
if *anybody* misinterprets some text that I wrote, however clear
I believe it to be, then it's the text that needs fixing, not the
reader.)

   Brian