That wouldn't be a valid style either way per: > the opening styling directive MUST be located at the beginning of the > line, after a whitespace character, or after a different opening > styling directive
Eg. a*text* wouldn't be valid, and if we've decided the initial star isn't a valid styling directive neither would **text* (which would just be a plain span). —Sam On Mon, Nov 9, 2020, at 13:16, Tedd Sterr wrote: > I'm afraid this might still be a little ambiguous. > > *"Matches of spans between two styling directives MUST contain some > text between the two styling directives, otherwise neither directive > is valid."* So where does this leave "**text*" as an example? If > 'neither directive is valid' does that mean the second asterisk > wouldn't be a valid open simply because it wasn't a valid close when > paired with the first? > > Should the implication be that "neither directive is valid when > considering this sequence as a span," while still allowing the > possibility of the second being an open for another span? > > _______________________________________________ > Standards mailing list Info: > https://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/standards Unsubscribe: Standards- > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > -- Sam Whited _______________________________________________ Standards mailing list Info: https://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/standards Unsubscribe: [email protected] _______________________________________________
