Feature request posted: https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/3912

On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 11:14:32 AM UTC-5, John MacFarlane wrote:

Maybe someone should put an enhancement request on the
github tracker.  We could consider alternative syntaxes,
too, like

    (@ P1)
    (@:P1)
    (@[P1])


+++ David Sanson [Aug 29 17 08:40 ]:
>   I would use such a feature a fair bit. So it has my vote!
>   On Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 1:26:11 PM UTC-5, John MacFarlane
>   wrote:
>
>     I'd use a definition list, myself.
>     I wonder if it would make sense to generalize example lists
>     so that you could specify the marker instead of letting
>     it be determined automatically?
>     Then you could do
>     (@=P1). All men are mortal.
>     (@=P2). Socrates is a  man.
>     (@=C).  Socrates is mortal.
>     And then refer back later to premise (@P2).
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