[std] Reword "cannot" in notes to not sound like negative permission #6770
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| \begin{note} | |||
| Because facets are used by iostreams, | |||
| potentially while static constructors are running, | |||
| their initialization cannot depend on programmed static initialization. | |||
| it is not possible for their initialization to depend on programmed static initialization. | |||
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What is programmed static initialization?
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I'll open an LWG issue for this as I have no idea what it's saying.
Notes shall not contain permissions. Even though "cannot" is allowed to express negative possibility, ISO has requested that we avoid it when it might be ambiguous and could be mistaken as permission.
This is so that notes do not (inappropriately) state requirements or permissions.
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| \pnum | |||
| \begin{note} | |||
| Except for reference and pointer types, a major array bound is not part of a | |||
| function parameter type and cannot be deduced from an argument: | |||
| function parameter type and is not possible to be deduced from an argument: | |||
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| function parameter type and is not possible to be deduced from an argument: | |
| function parameter type and it is not possible for it to be deduced from an argument: |
This seems a bit nicer to me
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| \begin{note} | |||
| Because facets are used by iostreams, | |||
| potentially while static constructors are running, | |||
| their initialization cannot depend on programmed static initialization. | |||
| it is not possible for their initialization to depend on programmed static initialization. | |||
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I'll open an LWG issue for this as I have no idea what it's saying.
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Notes shall not contain permissions. Even though "cannot" is allowed to express negative possibility, ISO has requested that we avoid it when it might be ambiguous and could be mistaken as permission.