When "liberal" means to permit deviations from the relevant specification, then normalization of deviance is a predictable outcome. I never interpreted "liberal

When "liberal" means to permit deviations from the relevant specification, then normalization of deviance is a predictable outcome. I never interpreted "liberal" that way, but rather as accepting multiple input formats, and each one has to be used correctly. You cannot parse sensibly when you don't know by what spec or syntax.