00:23
<Michael Ficarra>
neither the IEEE style guide nor the Microsoft Manual of Style say anything about pronouns/repetition so I guess I won't pursue that convention anymore
00:23
<Michael Ficarra>
I still don't think we'll ever actually permit a step like that though
01:11
<shu>
sorry, like "that"?
01:43
<Michael Ficarra>
yeah, a step that uses "that" to refer to something from a previous step instead of an alias
01:46
<Michael Ficarra>
also, I think you guys are taking the conventions a little too seriously
01:46
<Michael Ficarra>
they're just conventions, they don't bind us, just guide us
01:47
<Michael Ficarra>
if something is going to be a helpful guide 99% of the time, it's still a useful convention to document, and we should happily violate it whenever we feel justified
01:49
<Michael Ficarra>
also remember that we're going to pretty much follow these instinctively, the more important audience for the conventions is proposal authors