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00375: decision on Markup processing order

Description: PmWiki 1 performed processing in the following sequence:

    directives
    links (, url, and wikiword)
    block
    inline markup
    wikistyles

This sequence was largely dictated by the limitations of v1's data structures, as well as the markup sequences themselves. However, with v2, we discovered that we could usefully move inline markups to occur before link processing (to allow inline markup in text), so that the sequence is now:

    directives
    inline markup
    links (, url, and wikiword)
    block
    wikistyles

Discussion

I'm wondering if we can now shift block markups to occur before link processing, or perhaps just wikiword processing, resulting in:

    directives
    inline markup
    block markup
    links (, url, and wikiword)
    wikistyles

or perhaps

    directives
    inline markup
    links ()
    block markup
    links (bare url and wikiword)
    wikistyles

This would eliminate a lot of the "aliasing" that arises when WikiWords and urls just "happen" to occur in another markup sequence. And I don't think much would break as a result.

Any thoughts from the various markup authors...? Pm