From 11fa3be863788bd184fa712d594a09c20f9c7e04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Jordan <alex.jordan@pcc.edu>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:33:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] allow empty containers in PGML

---
 macros/core/PGML.pl | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/macros/core/PGML.pl b/macros/core/PGML.pl
index 96b0cb455..9fe50219d 100644
--- a/macros/core/PGML.pl
+++ b/macros/core/PGML.pl
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ sub Terminate {
 	}
 	$self->{block} = $prev;
 	if ($block->{stack}) {
-		if    (scalar(@{ $block->{stack} }) == 0) { $prev->popItem }
-		elsif ($block->{combine})                 { $prev->combineTopItems }
+		if    (!$block->{isContainer} && scalar(@{ $block->{stack} }) == 0) { $prev->popItem }
+		elsif ($block->{combine})                                           { $prev->combineTopItems }
 	}
 }