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authorJohn MacFarlane <jgm@berkeley.edu>2014-12-27 20:02:08 -0800
committerJohn MacFarlane <jgm@berkeley.edu>2014-12-27 20:02:08 -0800
commit8a3e53a75c9b9da0ad36c2048a6264263b97eac0 (patch)
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Spec: reworded principle of uniformity for more generality.
It applies to all container blocks, not just list items.
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Second, we are attracted to a
> [principle of uniformity](@principle-of-uniformity):
-> if a span of text has a certain
-> meaning, it will continue to have the same meaning when put into a list
-> item.
+> if a chunk of text has a certain
+> meaning, it will continue to have the same meaning when put into a
+> container block (such as a list item or blockquote).
-(Indeed, the spec for [list items](#list-item) presupposes this.)
+(Indeed, the spec for [list items](#list-item) and
+[blockquotes](#block-quotes) presupposes this principle.)
This principle implies that if
* I need to buy