Indentation requirement of sub lists inside ordered list items

Spec
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I think the indentation rules for items “after” a list item are too difficult. If the “list marker” is N characters wide the next item must be indented N as well. Which leads to the following:

9) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,  
   - 3 spaces (previous item is "indented" 3)

10) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,  
    - 4 spaces (previous item is "indented" 4)

11) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,  
   - 3 spaces (previous item is "indented" 4)

results in

<ol start="9">
  <li>
    <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,</p>
    <ul>
      <li>3 spaces (previous item is "indented" 3)</li>
    </ul>
  </li>
  <li>
     <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,</p>
     <ul>
       <li>4 spaces (previous item is "indented" 4)</li>
     </ul>
  </li>
  <li>
    <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,</p></li>
</ol>

<ul>
  <li>3 spaces (previous item is "indented" 4)</li>
</ul>

In a long list I have to indent sub lists (sub paragraphs) differently for item no. 9 as compared to item no. 10 (in ordered lists)

Why did you chose this solution instead of a fixed required indentation?

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+++ Victor Volle [Nov 06 14 21:13 ]:

Why did you chose this solution instead of a fixed required indentation?

There’s a fairly extensive discussion of the tradeoffs and choice points in the spec itself. Have you looked at that?

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Ah sorry, my bad.
i was in line 3076 of the spec, didn’t read any further, because up to that line I only had found prescriptive/normative text and no explanations.

I am not sure that I like the new rules, but I understand them now.