Okay, edit submitted, but that is extra weird, because the double hyphen is a convention or placeholder for an emdash. When a transformation takes place, it becomes an emdash.
There is no reason to transform it to an endash. I don't know any software that would do that. Checked with an LLM, too. That makes no sense at all!
There is no reason to transform it to an endash. I don't know any software that would do that. Checked with an LLM, too. That makes no sense at all!