Removed the "two blank lines breaks out of lists" rule.

This is incompatible with the principle of uniformity
(and indeed with the spec for list items, which requires
that the meaning of a chunk of lines not change when it
is put into a list item.)

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 108 deletions

diff --git a/spec.txt b/spec.txt
index 8b29c56..6a7c658 100644
--- a/spec.txt
+++ b/spec.txt
@@ -3813,66 +3813,20 @@ any following content, so these are not list items:
 ````````````````````````````````
 
 
-A list item may not contain blocks that are separated by more than
-one blank line.  Thus, two blank lines will end a list, unless the
-two blanks are contained in a [fenced code block].
+A list item may contain blocks that are separated by more than
+one blank line.
 
 ```````````````````````````````` example
 - foo
 
-  bar
-
-- foo
-
 
   bar
-
-- ```
-  foo
-
-
-  bar
-  ```
-
-- baz
-
-  + ```
-    foo
-
-
-    bar
-    ```
 .
 <ul>
 <li>
 <p>foo</p>
 <p>bar</p>
 </li>
-<li>
-<p>foo</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-<p>bar</p>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<pre><code>foo
-
-
-bar
-</code></pre>
-</li>
-<li>
-<p>baz</p>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<pre><code>foo
-
-
-bar
-</code></pre>
-</li>
-</ul>
-</li>
 </ul>
 ````````````````````````````````
 
@@ -3905,15 +3859,14 @@ A list item may contain any kind of block:
 
 
 A list item that contains an indented code block will preserve
-empty lines within the code block verbatim, unless there are two
-or more empty lines in a row (since as described above, two
-blank lines end the list):
+empty lines within the code block verbatim.
 
 ```````````````````````````````` example
 - Foo
 
       bar
 
+
       baz
 .
 <ul>
@@ -3921,33 +3874,13 @@ blank lines end the list):
 <p>Foo</p>
 <pre><code>bar
 
-baz
-</code></pre>
-</li>
-</ul>
-````````````````````````````````
 
-
-```````````````````````````````` example
-- Foo
-
-      bar
-
-
-      baz
-.
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>Foo</p>
-<pre><code>bar
+baz
 </code></pre>
 </li>
 </ul>
-<pre><code>  baz
-</code></pre>
 ````````````````````````````````
 
-
 Note that ordered list start numbers must be nine digits or less:
 
 ```````````````````````````````` example
@@ -4936,8 +4869,7 @@ The number of windows in my house is
 
 but this rule should prevent most spurious list captures.
 
-There can be blank lines between items, but two blank lines end
-a list:
+There can be any number of blank lines between items:
 
 ```````````````````````````````` example
 - foo
@@ -4954,36 +4886,12 @@ a list:
 <li>
 <p>bar</p>
 </li>
-</ul>
-<ul>
-<li>baz</li>
-</ul>
-````````````````````````````````
-
-
-As illustrated above in the section on [list items],
-two blank lines between blocks *within* a list item will also end a
-list:
-
-```````````````````````````````` example
-- foo
-
-
-  bar
-- baz
-.
-<ul>
-<li>foo</li>
-</ul>
-<p>bar</p>
-<ul>
-<li>baz</li>
+<li>
+<p>baz</p>
+</li>
 </ul>
 ````````````````````````````````
 
-
-Indeed, two blank lines will end *all* containing lists:
-
 ```````````````````````````````` example
 - foo
   - bar
@@ -4997,26 +4905,28 @@ Indeed, two blank lines will end *all* containing lists:
 <ul>
 <li>bar
 <ul>
-<li>baz</li>
+<li>
+<p>baz</p>
+<p>bim</p>
+</li>
 </ul>
 </li>
 </ul>
 </li>
 </ul>
-<pre><code>  bim
-</code></pre>
 ````````````````````````````````
 
 
-Thus, two blank lines can be used to separate consecutive lists of
-the same type, or to separate a list from an indented code block
-that would otherwise be parsed as a subparagraph of the final list
-item:
+To separate consecutive lists of the same type, or to separate a
+list from an indented code block that would otherwise be parsed
+as a subparagraph of the final list item, you can insert a blank HTML
+comment:
 
 ```````````````````````````````` example
 - foo
 - bar
 
+<!-- -->
 
 - baz
 - bim
@@ -5025,6 +4935,7 @@ item:
 <li>foo</li>
 <li>bar</li>
 </ul>
+<!-- -->
 <ul>
 <li>baz</li>
 <li>bim</li>
@@ -5039,6 +4950,7 @@ item:
 
 -   foo
 
+<!-- -->
 
     code
 .
@@ -5051,6 +4963,7 @@ item:
 <p>foo</p>
 </li>
 </ul>
+<!-- -->
 <pre><code>code
 </code></pre>
 ````````````````````````````````