Re: =item * foo bar

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On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 11:32 PM, Karl Williamson <[email protected]>
wrote:

> There is code in Pod::Simple that "tolerates" (meaning accepts as a bullet
> item) this pod line that would normally be illegal by perlpodspec.
>
> I wonder if anyone is around who remembers why this was added.  I didn't
> see details in an internet search
>

I don't think it's illegal by perlpodspec. perlpodspec allows "=item
[text]" where text is not a * followed by spaces, but it doesn't say
anything about * followed by spaces and then other words.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On T=
ue, May 8, 2018 at 11:32 PM, Karl Williamson <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]=
om</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"marg=
in:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">There is code in=
 Pod::Simple that &quot;tolerates&quot; (meaning accepts as a bullet item) =
this pod line that would normally be illegal by perlpodspec.<br>
<br>
I wonder if anyone is around who remembers why this was added.=C2=A0 I didn=
&#39;t see details in an internet search<br>
</blockquote></div><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">I don&#39;t think i=
t&#39;s illegal by perlpodspec. perlpodspec allows &quot;=3Ditem [text]&quo=
t; where text is not a * followed by spaces, but it doesn&#39;t say anythin=
g about * followed by spaces and then other words.</div></div>

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