comex wrote: > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Benjamin > Caplan<celestialcognit...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Interesting. >> >> We really need a more explicitly well-ordered ruleset if things like >> this need to be spelled out. Rule 2222 says "rules to the contrary >> notwithstanding", and that just isn't true. The rules SHOULD NOT contain >> falsehoods. > > R2019 also says "rules to the contrary notwithstanding". > That's not the point. The point is that rules shouldn't contain claims of precedence that are just going to be overridden -- if one rule defers to another, then it shouldn't claim to take precedence over it.
Proto-proto: every instrument has a precedence index from zero to one inclusive, defaulting to zero. Higher precedence takes precedence over lower; instruments generally SHOULD NOT have equal precedence. If two equal-precedence rules instruments conflict, then they both take full effect, defining separate namespaces if necessary.
