[haddock] #89: character references are not recognized in emphasized text

[haddock]

#89: character references are not recognized in emphasized text
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Reporter:  g9ks157k at acme.softbase.org  |        Owner:       
    Type:  defect                      |       Status:  new  
Priority:  major                       |    Milestone:  2.5.0
 Version:  2.4.1                       |   Resolution:       
Keywords:  lexer                       |  
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Comment (by simonmar):

 one possible reason for this is so that lone '\' characters don't cause a
 parse error.  That used to be one of the most common reasons for
 accidental parse errors in Haddock docs.  If you look back through the
 logs you'll probably see when that change was made.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.haskell.org/haddock/ticket/89#comment:2>
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