Swift Playgrounds do not parse/render basic HTML tags in markdown comments.

Originator:jesse.d.squires
Number:rdar://28589062 Date Originated:Oct 3 2016
Status:open Resolved:
Product:Xcode Product Version:Version 8.0 (8A218a)
Classification:Serious bug Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
Like most markdown editors, I would expect Swift playgrounds rendered markup to support basic HTML tags such as <b>, <i>, <pre>, <br>.

Steps to Reproduce:
Open the attached project. 

You can also find it at: 
https://github.com/jessesquires/swift-proposal-analyzer

Open swift-proposal-analyzer.playground.

This playground contains all Swift Evolution Proposals as playground pages. Open the playground page for SE-0005.

Note that HTML tags <b>, <i>, <pre> are not parsed/rendered properly.

Expected Results:
Like most markdown editors, I would expect Swift playgrounds rendered markup to support basic HTML tags such as <b>, <i>, <pre>, <br>.


Actual Results:
The basic HTML tags describe above to do not render.

Version:
Version 8.0 (8A218a)

Notes:


Configuration:


Attachments:
'swift-proposal-analyzer-master.zip' was successfully uploaded.

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