on the philosophical aspects of a specification

[Vinay Augustine]

>  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?

>


With the rule just proposed, wouldn't the last line simply be level 2?
I think this rule has the bonus of being obvious. If it doesn't do
what someone expects, they can look at what they wrote and say "oh, as
long as I indent more than the previous level, it will make a
sub-list." (of course, that could just be obvious since we're talking
about it).

-V