On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 11:32 PM, Karl Williamson <pub...@khwilliamson.com> wrote:
> There is code in Pod::Simple that "tolerates" (meaning accepts as a bullet > item) this pod line that would normally be illegal by perlpodspec. > > I wonder if anyone is around who remembers why this was added. I didn't > see details in an internet search > I don't think it's illegal by perlpodspec. perlpodspec allows "=item [text]" where text is not a * followed by spaces, but it doesn't say anything about * followed by spaces and then other words.
