On 13/11/2007, GerardM gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Count me out when you say that "*we* define the correct rendering of wikitext to be whatever the parser says it is". For some languages it just does not work properly. Consequently, either you are right and it is not for me to suggest that the parser does not is 100% or there is indeed room for improvement.
You're conflating two things:
1. that the present parser "works", but is arguably not a robust or reusable design for to the problem of parsing wikitext. 2. that the present parser not letting you just type '' in Neapolitan is not ideal.
2. is completely inappropriate in a discussion of 1. And that it's important doesn't change that. A redesigned parser must present an almost-identical interface to the present implementation to get in; this is NOT the place to argue for syntax changes, and any attempts to change the syntax will in fact doom the effort.
If you want the parser changed, get it changed in the present version first. This is not the thread for you.
- d.