| Subject: | Bug #12239 was a mistake (nested formatting codes) |
In bug #12239, Schwern expected "C<<< C<<foo>> >>>" to render as a
literal "C<<foo>>", and you changed Pod-Simple to make that happen. But
I disagree with this interpretation of the spec, and consider it a
serious loss of functionality.
Where exactly in perlpod or perlpodspec does it suggest that characters
inside C<> are treated differently than those inside C<< >>? As I read
the spec, the only difference is in how the end of the code is located.
Once you've located the end of the content (and stripped the mandatory
whitespace from the C<< >> version), it's rendered the same.
That is, I claim that "C<<< C<<foo>> >>>" is a C<> nested inside a C<>,
and Schwern should have written ""C<<< CZ<><<foo>> >>>" or "C<<<
CE<lt><foo>> >>>".
perlpod clearly states that "C<$a E<lt>=E<gt> $b>" is rendered as "$a
<=> $b". You're saying that
C<$a E<lt>=E<gt> $b>
C<< $a E<lt>=E<gt> $b >>
mean two completely different things, and I don't see where the spec
supports that.
Otherwise, how am I supposed to write:
S<< C<< name => value >> >>
or
S<< C<< <bug-PostScript-Calendar AT rt.cpan.org> >> >>