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Unify `ExceptionSpecification` and `NoexceptSort`

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
tex
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by locating the definitions of ExceptionSpecification and NoexceptSort in the specification sources and compare their effects and semantics. Determine the intended unified concept and update the relevant specification text; done means the two concepts are consistently represented without losing their stated distinctions.

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Description

ExceptionSpecification and NoexceptSort are very close in effects and semantics. Unify them.

Dominant language
TeX
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95
Forks
11
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