Re: [p5p] pod bugs

[Tom Christiansen <tchrist@chthon.perl.com>]

>If those who want to parse pod use a standard parser like Pod::Parser,
>and Pod::Parser knows how to deal with blank lines, all problems are
>over.

It has always been an attractive feature that Pod has been in theory
trivially parsable in Perl without any fancydancy parsing modules.

    $/ = '';		# RTFM for what this means
    while (<>) {	
	if (/^=/) { .... }
	....
    } 

If we are no longer permitted to write our own pod tools using 
reasonable logic supported by Perl built-ins, then I see no reason
for pod to exist.

--tom

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