on the philosophical aspects of a specification

[Seumas Mac Uilleachan]

Waylan Limberg wrote:

> {snip}

>

> My only other concern is when stepping back out of the nesting.

> Suppose we have the following list:

>

> * no spaces - level 1

>     * 4 spaces - level 2

>       * 6 spaces - level 3

>   * 2 spaces - level 1.5 ???

>

> Obviously, that would break. But what's the best way to handle that? I

> do *not* think backtracking through the list and reorganizing the list

> levels is a reasonable option. Perhaps, that last line should be root

> of a *new* list. What do you think?

>

>

>   

Looking at the list as a whole, could the intent have been

* no spaces - level 1
    * 4 spaces - level 3
      * 6 spaces - level 4
  * 2 spaces - level 2

not that this makes much sense to me offhand (unless a level 2 was deleted)