GNU bug report logs - #11862
[PATCH 0/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Copyediting

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Michael Witten <mfwitten <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 20:23:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #50 received at 11862 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Witten <mfwitten <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 11862 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11862: [PATCH 2/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: `can' -> `may'
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.

--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation
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