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

[Michel Fortin]

Le 13 sept. 2006 à 13:57, John Gruber a écrit :


> This is perhaps a contrived example, but if someone put this in a

> Markdown document:

>

>     <<?php print "p";?>>

>

> they might reasonably expect the output to be:

>

>     <p>

>

> not:

>

>     &lt;&lt;?php print "p";?&gt;&gt;


Except that Markdown currently converts that to:

     &lt;<?php print "p";?>>

which makes the final output:

     &lt;p>

It doesn't really invalidate your point, it's only one more proof  
that `<<` defies everyones' expectations.


Michel Fortin
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