Re: poll ideas quest 2024

[NERDVANA]

Should POD gain Markdown features?

• No.
• New POD block that just parses Markdown-style bullet list notation
• Implement rendering for "=begin markdown"
• New POD block "=markdown"
• Directive that causes POD to parse Markdown in all blocks, with HTML output semantics
• Introduce "POD2" which enhances POD with Markdown syntax shortcuts, keeping POD/nroff semantics
• Completely replace POD with Markdown in new style of Perl comment; use 3rd party Markdown tooling

(related to the recent p5p thread)

[choroba]

• Implement a good processor for an already existing =begin markdown POD command

[NERDVANA]

Good call, added. Also clarified the others a bit.

[Arunbear]

Java recently gained native support for using Markdown in Javadoc comments.