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On Tue, 16 Nov 2021 10:51:53 +0800 Tom Molesworth via perl5-porters <perl5-porters@perl.org> wrote: > The following is an observation, rather than a negative vote: > > This proposal is inconsistent with the paragraph nature of POD - we end up > with "rectangular POD", where paragraph formatting directives are embedded > within visual sections of the markup rather than starting at the beginning > of each line: > > | B<Header 1> | B<Header 2> > | > |-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| > |=over 4 | > | > | | > | > |=item * C<$x> - is a variable |=for html <img src=" > https://perl.org/logo.bmp"> | > | | > | > |=back | > | > > As such, I think it'll be a mess - for authors and toolchain > implementations alike - and we'll end up wishing we'd stuck with markdown. > > A paragraph-based table definition would be tedious to write and hard to > visualise, but would be more in the spirit of the existing POD definition. I imagine using command paragraphs inside tables will be forbidden, only formatting codes will be allowed. I think it's the sanest way out.Thread Previous | Thread Next