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@@ -204,9 +204,13 @@ In the examples, the `→` character is used to represent tabs. Any sequence of [character]s is a valid CommonMark document. -A [character](@character) is a Unicode code point. +A [character](@character) is a Unicode code point. Although some +code points (for example, combining accents) do not correspond to +characters in an intuitive sense, all code points count as characters +for purposes of this spec. + This spec does not specify an encoding; it thinks of lines as composed -of characters rather than bytes. A conforming parser may be limited +of [character]s rather than bytes. A conforming parser may be limited to a certain encoding. A [line](@line) is a sequence of zero or more [character]s |