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Clarify annotated array format aliases #15

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Expand Up @@ -661,11 +661,12 @@ The first 8 data types are considered "integer" types, and the last three types

In addition, the below two data types can be used as aliases to the `uint8` type in an annotated array format:

* **char**: character arrays (8-bit)
* **logical**: logical arrays (8-bit)
* **byte**: byte arrays (8-bit), `[B]` in BJData, no correspondence in UBJSON
* **char**: character arrays (8-bit), `[C]` in BJData/UBJSON
* **logical**: logical arrays (8-bit), `[T]`/`[F]` in BJData/UBJSON

If the above two aliases are used, a parser may optionally convert the enclosed
`uint8` data to character or logical arrays (1-byte).
`uint8` data to byte, character or logical arrays (1-byte).


##### Complex-valued arrays
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