Hello again, I am writing another status report as an addendum to my last, as I was able to meet on irc with my mentor today. The primary thing discussed was my test cases for Pod::Html. rjbs suggested I look into Html::Element as a way to save myself much work, because writing more test cases for the current Pod::Html, although helpful in understanding it, will do little after the conversion to Pod::Simple. This is because I am not preserving the exact html output of the current Pod::Html in the switch to Pod::Simple, but I am preserving the overall translation, and obviously the diff between the two outputs will yield many differences (so I would have to rewrite the tests). Html::Element will allow me to focus on the gist of the html without worrying about the layout. I have not looked into the module yet, but for now that is what I understand.
Since yesterday's status report, I have written test cases which do not validate (but do not invalidate) my previous understanding that "C<> links" are code snippets that are also perldoc =item directives. Regardless of what further tests reveal, the new Pod::Html will not implicitly convert C<> snippets to links, as I am taking the advice of Marek Rouchal and sticking to perlpodspec. That is all for now, Marc
