c.bu...@posteo.jp writes: > Sidenote: As someone who writes software that parse org-content I would > suggest to make the whitespace in front of a list item mandatory even > for "-" and "+". It would reduce code complexity.
It might probably simplify things for third-party parsers. Not for org-element. The "^* " vs "^ * " is distinguished without much efforts on Org side because of hierarchical matching (headlines have higher priority over lists). Moreover Org is trying to be as back-compatible as possible, so minor simplification is not sufficient to advocate changing Org syntax. Best, Ihor
