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@@ -29,3 +29,15 @@ Testcase:
> * 27\. March
>
> or by writing "1st January" and so on. --[[smcv]]
+
+>> I think that this is a bug in Text::Markdown (and probably other
+>> versions of markdown). The [markdown spec)(http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax.text),
+>> though unmaintained and bitrotted into near illegibility, seems to say
+>> that list items can only be preceeded by whitespace:
+>>
+>>> "List markers typically start at the left margin, but may be indented by
+>>> up to three spaces."
+>>
+>> So "* * * 1. 2. 3." should not be parsed as a deeply nested list.
+>>
+>> Forwarded to upsteam RT. [[done]] --[[Joey]]