Re: Unadorned cross-references

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2021 18:15:25 +0200
> Cc: Texinfo <bug-texinfo@gnu.org>
> 
> > Of course you can invent new syntax but I really question if it is
> > worth it. For one thing, what if a node name contains a #?
> 
> What if it contains "," or "."?

this is already documented as invalid, see "Node Line Requirements" in
the Texinfo manual.  You are suggesting to add another limitation,
which until now didn't exist.

> > I consider the Info format to be "done" - I don't see any point in
> > radically changing the cross-reference syntax in a backward
> > incompatible manner 45 years after it was first implemented.
> 
> Which characters are assumed to end a node name?  I'm pretty sure one
> could reserve one for this purpose, which would be pretty much backwards
> compatible.

See that section, I think it tells quite a lot.