Auto merge of #8262 - 1nF0rmed:chore-update-borrowed-box-doc, r=camsteffen

Improve documentation for `borrowed-box` lint

fixes #8161

Updates documentation to elaborate more on how removing Box from a function parameter can generalize the function.

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@ -167,8 +167,9 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
/// Check the [Box documentation](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/boxed/index.html) for more information.
///
/// ### Why is this bad?
/// Any `&Box<T>` can also be a `&T`, which is more
/// general.
/// A `&Box<T>` parameter requires the function caller to box `T` first before passing it to a function.
/// Using `&T` defines a concrete type for the parameter and generalizes the function, this would also
/// auto-deref to `&T` at the function call site if passed a `&Box<T>`.
///
/// ### Example
/// ```rust,ignore