Looks like Pod::To::HTML also has to deal with this bug/feature. Looking at it maybe the "twine" implementor thought that this was a good optimization as you can pair iterate. If it's a massive speed saver then I guess I reconsider this.
https://github.com/perl6/Pod-To-HTML/blob/master/lib/Pod/To/HTML.pm#L246 On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 11:51 PM Elizabeth Mattijsen via RT < perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org> wrote: > > > On 19 Dec 2015, at 13:38, Lloyd Fournier (via RT) < > perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org> wrote: > > > > # New Ticket Created by Lloyd Fournier > > # Please include the string: [perl #126966] > > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > > # <URL: https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=126966 > > > > > > > =pod C<foo> > > > > say $=pod[0].contents[0].contents.perl; > > > > ["", Pod::FormattingCode.new(type => "C", meta => [], config => {}, > > contents => ["foo"]), ""] > > > > It should be a single FormattingCode. This is a non-trivial bug to me > > because it makes pod introspection more arduous. If you want to check > for a > > single special formatting code you have to make sure there are "" either > > side of it. > > > > for example, we do this in perl6/doc already: > > https://github.com/perl6/doc/blob/master/htmlify.p6#L379 > > > > I think we should fix it to avoid more things depending on this > behaviour. > > > > There are a couple of tests that seem to spec the incorrect behaviour: > > > https://github.com/perl6/roast/blob/master/S26-documentation/08-formattingcodes.t#L9 > > > > I am going to try and fix this one unless there are any objections? > > Looking forward to the PR :-) > > > Liz > >
