>>> is a start towards that; the docwiki builds successfully, but
>>> the tests that use IkiWiki internals also need updating to
>>> set `$phase = PHASE_RENDER` before they start preprocessing. --s
+
+>>>> reviewing those modifications, i think this is a good way to go. along
+>>>> with warning about pagespecs evaluated in scan phase, i think it should be
+>>>> an error to invoke scan in the render phase; that would mean that
+>>>> `readtemplate` needs to check whether it's invoked as a scan or not to
+>>>> decide whether to scan the template page, but would be generally more
+>>>> robust for future plugin writing.
+>>>>
+>>>> **addendum**: if the new phase state is used to create warnings/errors
+>>>> about improper ikiwiki api use of plugins (which is something i'd
+>>>> advocate), that should likewise warn if `add_link` actually adds a link in
+>>>> the render phase. such a warning would have helped spotting the
+>>>> link-related [[template evaluation oddities]] earlier. --[[chrysn]]