3.6. White Space
White space is defined as the ASCII space character, horizontal tab character, form feed character, and line terminator characters (§3.4).
WhiteSpace: the ASCII SP character, also known as "space" the ASCII HT character, also known as "horizontal tab" the ASCII FF character, also known as "form feed" LineTerminator
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