There are always exceptions…

rcjsuen: If I’m writing an API method and it does nothing. Should I say “Subclasses should re-implement”? “Subclasses may re-implement”? re-implement? reimplement?
njbartlett: rcjsuen: The Economist Style Guide suggests that you only need the hyphen to separate identical letters. Eg book-keeping, pre-empt, re-entry
rcjsuen: very well
njbartlett: Versus predate, precondition, rearm, rearrange, reborn
* rcjsuen respins patch
njbartlett: Unfortunately the rule sometime needs to be over-ridden
njbartlett: ;-)
rcjsuen: you got me!
ijuma: njbartlett: are there any rules without exceptions?
rcjsuen: ijuma: The rule “There are always exceptions” has no exceptions, maybe? But then isn’t that an exception, oh shi…..!
ijuma: rcjsuen: hehe