Steve Bennett wrote:
This text:
* foo
#*#*#*#*#***#*###*# bloo
* foo
may be odd, but it's valid and can be rendered.
But maybe a parser (EBNF or not) should warn against "odd" things
rather than just categorizing wikitext as being valid/invalid.
How odd is this syntax (47 points on the "odd" scale) and how many
places in language X of Wikipedia have this level of oddness?
Perhaps they should be replaced with something less odd?
It's easy enough to say "we should write a parser", but when you
want to achieve a certain goal (e.g. suggest replacement wikitext
that is more user/editor friendly), the problem becomes a lot more
interesting.
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Lars Aronsson (lars(a)aronsson.se)
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