From 38b3c054a5cb8a86348abf0d2912045932f2bfc6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Geier <Matthias.Geier@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 11:33:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify order of entity/numeric character references vs.
 delimiter runs

See #474 and https://talk.commonmark.org/t/when-exactly-should-numeric-character-references-be-replaced/2121
---
 spec.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/spec.txt b/spec.txt
index 31e1714d..268b0472 100644
--- a/spec.txt
+++ b/spec.txt
@@ -5659,6 +5659,10 @@ with the following exceptions:
   `*` in emphasis delimiters, bullet list markers, or thematic
   breaks.
 
+- Entity and numeric character references are replaced before
+  deciding whether a [delimiter run] can open and/or close
+  emphasis.
+
 Conforming CommonMark parsers need not store information about
 whether a particular character was represented in the source
 using a Unicode character or an entity reference.
@@ -5799,6 +5803,16 @@ text in code spans and code blocks:
 ````````````````````````````````
 
 
+Entity and numeric character references are replaced before deciding
+whether a [delimiter run] can open and/or close emphasis.
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
+i*&#105;i*i
+.
+<p>i<em>ii</em>i</p>
+````````````````````````````````
+
+
 Entity and numeric character references cannot be used
 in place of symbols indicating structure in CommonMark
 documents.