Re: `=item 1. Text` Doesn't Produce Ordered List Item

On Jul 21, 2010, at 5:14 AM, Sean M. Burke wrote:

> Says that an =over...=back region should consist of one of several possibilities, one of which is:
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> An "=over" ... "=back" region containing only "=item [text]" commands, each one (or each group of them) followed by some number of ordinary/verbatim paragraphs, other nested "=over" ... "=back" regions, or "=for..." paragraphs, and "=begin"..."=end" regions.
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> The "=item [text]" paragraph should not match "m/\A=item\s+\d+\.?\s*\z/" or "m/\A=item\s+\*\s*\z/", nor should it match just "m/\A=item\s*\z/".
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> So, it seems that this:
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> =item 1 Stuff Tra La
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> and even this
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> =item 1. Stuff Tra La
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> ...actually is legal.  Since it isn't "=item 1" or "=item 1." (note the \z's in the above regexps) or "=item", we fall thru to considering it "=item [text]", which just happens to begin with a digit.
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> BUT YES, is not, and should not, produce an ordered list item.

Thanks for the review. Pity, though, that `=item * Stuff` produces an unordered list item but `=item 1 Stuff` doesn't produce an ordered list item. That seems inconsistent to me. Frankly, we can't remove the former (lots of POD relies on it), but I could see modifying the spec to allow the latter, so as to be more consistent.

Best,

David