[perl #19655] Pod::HTML generates incorrect HTML for "=item *"

On Wed Jan 01 06:40:08 2003, sommar@algonet.se wrote:
> This is a bug report for perl from sommar@algonet.se,
> generated with the help of perlbug 1.34 running under perl v5.8.0.
> 
> 
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> [Please enter your report here]
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> It appears that Pod::HTML generates incorrect HTML for "=item *".
> For instance on perlpod.html I find:
> 
>    <ul>
>    <li></li>
>    Don't use ``=item''s outside of an ``=over'' ... ``=back'' region.
>    <p></p>
> 
> Should the </LI> come after "region."?

This has been fixed in perl 5.10.0. The fragment is now correctly
rendered as

<ul>
<li>
<p>Don't use &quot;=item&quot;s outside of an &quot;=over&quot; ...
&quot;=back&quot; region.</p>
</li>

(Note that quote rendering is saner as well).

Thanks,
David Landgren (on behalf of the perl.org team)

• [perl #19655] Pod::HTML generates incorrect HTML for "=item *" by David Landgren via RT