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Add note about updates adding options causing errors (#773)
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This section describes the functions which each implementation MUST provide
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to be conformant with this specification.
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> [!NOTE]
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> The [Stability Policy](/spec#stability-policy) allows for updates to
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> Default Registry functions to add support for new options.
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> As implementations are permitted to ignore options that they do not support,
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> it is possible to write messages using options not defined below
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> which currently format with no error, but which could produce errors
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> when formatted with a later edition of the Default Registry.
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> Therefore, using options not explicitly defined here is NOT RECOMMENDED.
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## String Value Selection and Formatting
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### The `:string` function

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