From 5a566ea5e382572db74b0c0de603f07ae6046df0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tab Atkins Jr Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 02:04:38 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Fix #212 by clarifying left/right (#249) --- SPEC.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/SPEC.md b/SPEC.md index 08df1f4..859eb51 100644 --- a/SPEC.md +++ b/SPEC.md @@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ rules, with some semantic exceptions involving the data model. KDL is designed to be easy to read _and_ easy to implement. +In this document, references to "left" or "right" refer to directions in the +*data stream* towards the beginning or end, respectively; in other words, +the directions if the data stream were only ASCII text. They do not refer +to the writing direction of text, which can flow in either direction, +depending on the characters used. + ## Components ### Document