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Re: pods patched
From:
Ilya Zakharevich
Date:
March 16, 2001 11:53
Subject:
Re: pods patched
Message ID:
20010316145258.A17849@math.ohio-state.edu
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 06:30:59PM +0000, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> > -=over
> > +=over 4
>
> Pod::Checker and most pod2* things will warn about an =over without a
> number.
These are bugs; *they* should be fixed, and not PODs. IIRC, Larry's
intent was to have it *Plain*. In particular, =over was supposed to
be "the natural indent of the target system".
=over 4 has an absolutely different semantic.
> Its not required (thus leaving POD Plain), but it is
> considered a Good Thing.
Well, then those who consider it such need a re-education....
Ilya