The separation of the subset $[-1, 0) \cup (0,1)$ in $\mathbb{R}$ contains the limit point of the other

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In the book of Topology by Munkres, it is given at page 149 that

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However, what does the author mean by the fact that $0$ is the common limit point of the two open sets in $Y$ does not matter ?, and how can this be ? I mean isn't this a contradiction to lemma 23.1 ?

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$A=[-1,0)$, $0$ is a limit point of $A$, but $B=(0,1]$ does not contain the limit point: $0\notin B$.

Similarly, $0$ is a limit point of $B$, but $A$ does not contain it.

No contradiction is involved.