Ambiguity in unordered list item definition

[solderpunk]

On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 11:51:09PM -0700, Pete D. wrote:
 
> Doesn't it make more sense to do the *reverse* (see what I did there?), by
> requiring bullet lines to have a space *after* the *?
> Because the normal standard for "ascii bold" has no spaces between the
> leading * and the bolded word, as you can see in my mail (if it hasn't been
> already rendered in bold by your mail program.

Ah, I must say, I like "* " better than " *"!  If we did it that way I
suspect much fewer people would need to make changes to their content,
which is a good thing.

Cheers,
Solderpunk