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On Tue, 16 Nov 2021 at 10:58, Tomasz Konojacki <me@xenu.pl> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Nov 2021 10:51:53 +0800 > Tom Molesworth via perl5-porters <perl5-porters@perl.org> wrote: > > 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. > Sure - that makes the job slightly harder for the toolchain: instead of a generic POD parser for each rectangular block, you need a subset. Losing =item support is a minor annoyance, not having access to =for/=begin is limiting but liveable, nested tables have their place but "one table" is better than "no tables at all". Again, not a negative vote - just an expectation of challenges and impedance mismatch if we try to embed a visual table layout into a world of 70-character lines, paragraph formatting, and verbose syntax.Thread Previous | Thread Next