Hello Pod People, I am emailing to provoke discussion on two warnings that Pod::Checker displays that I think should be removed.
Pod::Checker currently warns if there is an '=item' directive with no argument (as opposed to '=item *', for example). The description of the warning is: "=item without any parameters is deprecated. It should either be followed by * to indicate an unordered list, by a number (optionally followed by a dot) to indicate an ordered (numbered) list or simple text for a definition list." perlpodspec states "Pod processors must tolerate a bare "=item" as if it were "=item *"." Is Pod::Checker's behavior still in line with perlpodspec? Is the use of '=item' without any parameters deprecated? Or should that warning be removed from Pod::Checker? The second Pod::Checker warning I am emailing about is "No =items in =over", which is explained as "The list opened with =over does not contain any items." The relevant perlpodspec section states: "An "=over" ... "=back" region containing no "=item" paragraphs at all, and containing only some number of ordinary/verbatim paragraphs, and possibly also some nested "=over" ... "=back" regions, "=for..." paragraphs, and "=begin"..."=end" regions. Such an itemless "=over" ... "=back" region in Pod is equivalent in meaning to a "<blockquote>...</blockquote>" element in HTML." Given that there is clearly a use for =itemless =over/=back blocks, should it still be a warning? I think no, and instead, Pod::Checker should warn about an empty =over/=back block, one that contains nothing but whitespace. What do you guys think? Thanks, Marc
