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Normally, the spec refers to a step by its label, but there are a few places where a step is referred to by its *number*, which seems somewhat error-prone. 2.4.4.5 "Lists of integers" in 'rules for parsing a list of integers', step 6: ... then return to step 4. 12.2.3.2 "The stack of open elements" algorithm for 'have an element in a specific scope', step 4: ... and return to step 2. 12.2.3.3 "The list of active formatting elements" algorithm for 'reconstruct the active formatting elements', steps 4, 6, 11: ... then jump to step 8. ... go to step 4. ... return to step 7. ---- For completeness, there's also: 12.2.3.3 alg for 'clear the list of active formatting elements ...', step 4: Go to step 1. and 12.2.6 "The end", alg for 'stops parsing', step 3.4: ... repeat these substeps again from substep 1. but references to "[sub]step 1" are probably less error-prone. (Likewise references to "the first/last/previous/next step".)
Yeah, at some point I realised I kept making mistakes with numbered references, and switched to labels. The ones with numbers still are those I haven't had to fix since that time years ago.
I'm going to leave this as is, because fixing them can be risky. I'll fix them if I ever edit the algorithms for other reasons (since then the risk is higher that I'll make a mistake in the edit if I leave the numbers as is).