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style guide: no requirements in "Examples" sections #4382

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Expand Up @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ The following additional rules should be followed but currently are not enforced
9. Use [Oxford commas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma), avoid [Shatner commas](https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/jacket-copy/story/2011-06-30/goodbye-oxford-comma-hello-shatner-comma).
10. Use `<span id="thing"></span>` for link anchors. The `<a name="thing"></a>` format has been deprecated.
11. Headings use [title case](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_case) and are followed by a blank line.
12. Do not add requirements in "Examples" sections, and avoid [RFC2119 key words (MUST, MAY, ...)](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2119) in these sections.

Plus some suggestions, rather than rules:

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