On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Peter Karman <[email protected]> wrote:

> Why are we not considering POD?

POD:

/** =over
  *
  * =item
  *
  * POD lists are outrageously verbose.
  *
  * =item
  *
  * =over
  *
  * =item
  *
  * For example, a two-item list occupies 12 lines.
  *
  * =item
  *
  * Nested POD lists provide no visual hint that they are nested via
  * indentation.
  *
  * =back
  *
  * =item
  *
  * There are other issues, but IMO POD lists are so problematic that
  * they suffice to rule out the format.
  *
  * =back
  */

Markdown:

/** * POD lists are outrageously verbose.
  *   * For example, a two-item list occupies 12 lines.
  *   * Nested POD lists provide no visual hint that they are nested via
  *     indentation.
  * * There are other issues, but IMO POD lists are so problematic that
  *    they suffice to rule out the format.
  */

reStructuredText:

/** - POD lists are outrageously verbose.
  *
  *   - For example, a two-item list occupies 12 lines.
  *   - Nested POD lists provide no visual hint that they are nested via
  *     indentation.
  *
  * - There are other issues, but IMO POD lists are so problematic that
  *   they suffice to rule out the format.
  */

Marvin Humphrey

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