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2024-03-20


2181. Normative requirements in an informative Annex

Section: Clause Annex B  [implimits]     Status: drafting     Submitter: Sean Hunt     Date: 2015-10-18

According to Clause Annex B [implimits] paragraph 1,

Because computers are finite, C++ implementations are inevitably limited in the size of the programs they can successfully process. Every implementation shall document those limitations where known.

Because Annex Clause Annex B [implimits] is informative, not normative, it should not use “shall.”