* Michel Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-12-29 21:05]: > while PHP Markdown use John's Perl implementation as a > reference, that doesn't necessarily mean that's the right thing > to do. But until that changes, I'll probably follow what is > done in Perl for the sake of compatibility.
The problem is that Markdown is quite underspecified in a range of corner cases. Some aspects are only defined by the behaviour of Markdown.pl, eg. blank lines being optional around blockquotes and headings in some circumstances. I see this as a consequence of the fact that John chose to implement it as a series of search and replace operations; a proper parser would have necessitated a largely rigorous grammar. Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/> _______________________________________________ Markdown-Discuss mailing list Markdown-Discuss@six.pairlist.net http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/markdown-discuss
