|-------------------+---------------------------|
| The \| works as   | It can be escaped by a \. |
| a separator.      |                           |
|                   |                           |
| Escaping \ with   | This feature would        |
| a \ doesn't work. | be unnecessary, because   |
|                   | a separator must be       |
|                   | preceded by a space.      |
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