Convert 'may not' to either 'must not' or 'might not' in the standard library documentation #83584
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"may not" has two possible meanings:
- A command: "You may not stay up past your bedtime."
- A fact that's only sometimes true: "Some cities may not have bike lanes."
In some cases, the meaning is ambiguous: "Some cars may not have snow
tires." (do the cars happen to not have snow tires, or is it
physically impossible for them to have snow tires?)
It would be better to change places where the standard library uses the "description of
fact" meaning to say "might not" instead, and change the "command" meaning to "must not".
You can find places where "may not" is used like so:
fd '.*' library/ | rg -v 'LICENCE|backtrace|stdarch' | xargs rg --glob '!library/backtrace/crates/backtrace-sys/**' 'may not'
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