Because we parse templates in their own top-level context, the {{pipe}} template gets parsed as <td>... when in most of its uses it really wants to be just a plain pipe character. Eg:
!! test
Plain pipe
!! input
{{pipe}}
!! result
!! end
Version: unspecified
Severity: normal
Change 77352 had a related patch set uploaded by Cscott:
Add parser tests for bug 52468 and bug 52363.
(In reply to comment #0)
Because we parse templates in their own top-level context, the {{pipe}}
template gets parsed as <td>... when in most of its uses it really wants to
be
just a plain pipe character.
Do you have data to support the 'in most of its uses' claim? I'd be surprised if that was the case.
@GWicke and @Technical 13 -- I'm solely talking about parserTests.txt here. I'm making no claims about general wikitext usage.
This has been fixed for a while now. The pipe chars outside tables are handled correctly whether as {{!}} or |