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@@ -845,10 +845,13 @@ Hyperlinked Identifiers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Referring to a Haskell identifier, whether it be a type, class,
-constructor, or function, is done by surrounding it with single quotes: ::
+constructor, or function, is done by surrounding it with a combination
+of single quotes and backticks. For example: ::
-- | This module defines the type 'T'.
+```T``` is also ok. ``'T``` and ```T'`` are accepted but less common.
+
If there is an entity ``T`` in scope in the current module, then the
documentation will hyperlink the reference in the text to the definition
of ``T`` (if the output format supports hyperlinking, of course; in a
@@ -876,14 +879,6 @@ apostrophes themselves: to hyperlink ``foo'`` one would simply type
``'foo''``. To hyperlink identifiers written in infix form, simply put
them in quotes as always: ``'`elem`'``.
-For compatibility with other systems, the following alternative form of
-markup is accepted [3]_: ```T'``.
-
-.. [3]
- We chose not to use this as the primary markup for identifiers
- because strictly speaking the ````` character should not be used as a
- left quote, it is a grave accent.
-
Emphasis, Bold and Monospaced Text
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