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Recommend not escaping all the things #793

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Update spec/syntax.md
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Expand Up @@ -943,6 +943,15 @@ escaped-char = backslash ( backslash / "{" / "|" / "}" )
backslash = %x5C ; U+005C REVERSE SOLIDUS "\"
```

> [!NOTE]
> The `escaped-char` rule allows escaping some characters in places where
> they do not need to be escaped, such as braces in a _quoted_ _literal_.
> For example, `|foo {bar}|` and `|foo \{bar\}|` are synonymous.

When programmatically emitting message syntax,
only characters that are lexically meaningful in the current context
SHOULD be escaped.
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### Whitespace

**_<dfn>Whitespace</dfn>_** is defined as one or more of
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