On Wed, 1 Oct 2008, Ian Kelly wrote: > On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Alexander Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> root: >>> FOO x 3 is our standard shorthand for casting three votes of FOO, not >>> for casting a single vote of FOO x 3. >> >> Yes, but that doesn't help tell our two situations apart, as it doesn't >> explain whether "FOO" is expanded before or after the multiplication. As a >> result, your vote probably fails altogether due to the ambiguity, as does >> BobTHJ's. > > To put it in algebraic terms, "FOO" expands to a vote. The > multiplication multiplies the number of votes. I don't see what's > ambiguous about that.
Contracts aren't algebra. Perhaps we should hear from BobTHJ about intent. -G.
