On 11-06-25 11:53 PM, Karl Williamson wrote:
In perldiag.pod, there is a line like this
=item Z<>500 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 the list.
However, with html, anyway, I don't see any difference in the output
with and without the Z<>, and podchecker ignores the Z<> and says that
the list has mismatched item types.
Can someone explain?
Originally, these are the only valid =item's:
=item *
=item 1
=item 1.
=item definition
These are invalid but frequency occur:
=item * bulleted?
=item 1 numbered?
=item 1. numbered?
They all should be treated as a definition but seldom are. That means,
an `=item Z<> anything` should be treated like a definition.
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