I agree, too and would like to add that any formatter should flag that as an
error, especially podchecker.
-Marek
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Von: David E. Wheeler [mailto:da...@kineticode.com]
Gesendet: Sonntag, 26. Juni 2011 06:19
An: Marc Green
Cc: pod-people@perl.org
Betreff: Re:
Right - some POD formatters use heuristics like /^\d+/ on what follows =item
to detect whether this is a numbered list. In the specific case of HTML
output, you have 2 choices:
1. always use the full text behind =item and generate a definition list
(dl,dt,dd), except with =item * which should
On 06/26/2011 05:34 AM, Shawn H Corey wrote:
On 11-06-25 11:53 PM, Karl Williamson wrote:
In perldiag.pod, there is a line like this
=item Z500 Server error
All the other items form a definition list. My guess is that this is to
make sure that the 500 isn't mistaken for a numbered =item in
Karl Williamson pub...@khwilliamson.com writes:
On 06/26/2011 05:34 AM, Shawn H Corey wrote:
They all should be treated as a definition but seldom are. That means,
an `=item Z anything` should be treated like a definition.
So then, does the attached patch look ok?
I wholeheartedly approve,
