Subject: Re: bug#11862: [PATCH 2/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: `can' -> `may'

From: Richard Stallman <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 06:13:56 -0400

The keyword @code{&rest} (which must be followed by a single
    -argument name) indicates that any number of arguments can follow.  The
    +argument name) indicates that any number of arguments may follow.

The old text is correct.  Replacing it with "may" is not wrong, but it
adds a formality that we try to avoid in GNU manuals.

So please don't make this change.

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