Re: Tables: missing multi-col/row syntax

[TEC]

David Rogers <davidandrewrogers@gmail.com> writes:

> IMO this can (and definitely should) be regarded as a purely 
> cosmetic problem,
> to be resolved by purely cosmetic methods. I think the idea that 
> each table cell
> is exactly one unit of information (and can’t be a collection or 
> array of units
> of information) is more important than this issue.
>
> In other words, I think it’s better to ridiculously overload 
> fontification and
> output formatting, than to sacrifice the main logic of how 
> tables currently
> work. I just don’t believe that it could be worth it.

The appearance of the tables is purely cosmetic ... however when 
one
ends up maintaining three copies of the same table, I don't think 
that
dismissing it offhand as a "cosmetic problem" is a productive 
approach.

--
Timothy