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Section: 31.12.13.2 [fs.op.absolute] Status: New Submitter: Jonathan Wakely Opened: 2025-06-16 Last modified: 2025-06-21
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Discussion:
[fs.op.absolute] has a note giving strong encouragement, which should be normative:
[Note 3: Implementations are strongly encouraged to not query secondary storage, and not consider
!exists(p)an error. — end note]
The part about !exists(p) not being an error could definitely be a Recommended practice paragraph.
Referring to "secondary storage" might need to be phrased differently to be normative (maybe with a note
clarifying that the normative wording is referring to "secondary storage").
Proposed resolution: