comex wrote: >For every other action, "If possible I do X" and "I attempt to do X" >do not satisfy Rule 478's criterion-- that the person performing the >action announces that e performs it--
We have historically allowed quite a bit of latitude in the use of conditionals. It's not codified, but we seem to work under some variant of the "reasonable effort" criterion. In particular, in crisis situations we've allowed conditionals that can't in practice be resolved at the time but which we expect will be retroactively resolved by CFJ. We treat "If possible I do X" as a synonym for "I do X" iff X is in fact possible. If it is impossible we treat it as a nullity. I'm less happy about "I attempt to do X", but I'm willing to interpret it as a synonym for "If possible I do X". -zefram
