POD vs. reST for standalone writing?

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.1051584944.30800.python-list at python.org>,
Andrew Bennetts  <andrew-pythonlist at puzzling.org> wrote:
>
>  - ReST isn't extensible enough; how do you add markup for, e.g. API
>    references?  How do you plug that into your docutils installation?  You
>    can't.  (The Lore markup for APIs is 
>        <code class="API">twisted.internet.reactor.run</code>
>    )

You're wrong::

    :API:`twisted.internet.reactor.run`

Granted that isn't currently trivial to add, but it's definitely
possible.
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