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Add a note about the scope of the syntax reference
Closes #9067.
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lib/elixir/pages/Unicode Syntax.md

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### Atoms
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Atoms in Elixir follow the identifier rule above with the following modifications:
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Unicode Atoms in Elixir follow the identifier rule above with the following modifications:
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* `<Start>` includes the code point `_` (005F)
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* `<Continue>` includes the code point `@` (0040)
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> Note that all Elixir operators are also valid atoms. Therefore `:+`, `:@`, `:|>`, and others are all valid atoms. The full description of valid atoms is available in the Syntax Reference, this document covers only the rules for identifier-based atoms.
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### Variables
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Variables in Elixir follow the identifier rule above with the following modifications:

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