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Canonical equivalence

In Unicode, the canonical equivalence of two string means that they can be reduced to identical strings by recursive application of canonical decomposition routines.

Canonically equivalent strings always have the same meaning and behaviour.

See also: Unicode, compatibility equivalence

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