Possible bug in Markdown.pl with `<<` handling

[Michel Fortin]

Le 11 sept. 2006 à 17:00, Fletcher T. Penney a écrit :


> It appears that "double angles" are not properly converted when  

> they are not in code blocks, if there is not a space following the  

> second `<`.

>

> For example:

>

> 	This is not handled <<properly>>.

>

> 		But this <<is>>.

>

> 	As is << this>>/.


Your example illustrate the problem quite well, but is it really a  
bug? How can Markdown tell <properly> isn't really a tag? What if you  
had <<img src="">>? In fact, Markdown treat <properly> as if it was a  
tag and leave it alone as it should according to John's syntax  
description document.

The question is: should we make an exception for the << construct? It  
wouldn't be terribly difficult.


Michel Fortin
michel.fortin at michelf.com
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