[Tex/LaTex] Will it ever be possible to use wrapfig with an enumerate or itemize environment

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wrapfig is incompatible with the enumerate and itemize environments. Is there a typographical reason not to wrap a list around a figure or is it a technical limitation of LaTeX? If it is a technical limitation, is there any work (new packages or changes to LaTeX) currently being done to eliminate the limitation in the future?

Edit: To respond to some of the comments: I realize that there are "gymnastics" which can make this work. I do not have an example of the problem. Whenever I run into a problem with wrapfig because it is near an enumerate or itemize environment, I search for an easy solution, find none, and move the figure elsewhere. In the vast majority of cases, the cost of learning the complex solutions isn't worth the benefit of keeping the figure where I want it.

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FWIW, wrapfigure works out of the box in ConTeXt. So, it is clearly not a limitation of TeX.

\setuppapersize[A5]

\useexternalfigure[ctanlion][http://www.ctan.org/lion/ctan_lion_350x350.png][width=3cm]


\starttext

\placefigure[left,2*hang]{Test}
  {\externalfigure[ctanlion]}

\startitemize[n]
  \item \input ward
  \item \input ward
  \item \input ward
\stopitemize

\stoptext

which gives:

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Removing 2*hang from \placefigure gives:

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Note:

The math is still wrong in the question and has been corrected here.

Code:

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{amsmath,amsthm,enumitem}%
% http://ctan.org/pkg/{amsmath,amsthm}
\usepackage{calc}%

\theoremstyle{definition}
\newtheorem{defn}{Definition} % definition numbers are dependent on theorem numbers

\begin{document}
\begin{defn}
Let $x, y$ be some unknowns, we let:

% Do this is two steps for readability
\newcommand*{\WidestLHS}{x^2 +2xy + y^2}%
\newcommand*{\FormatLHS}[1]{\makebox[\widthof{$\WidestLHS$}][r]{$#1$}}%
\begin{enumerate}[label={(\roman*)}]
\item $\begin{aligned}[t]
\FormatLHS{x^2 - y^2} &:= (x+y)(x-y) \\
    &:= (1+2)(3+4) \\
    &:= (3\times 7) \\
    &\phantom{:}= 21 \\
    &\phantom{:}= 42/2
\end{aligned}$
\item $\begin{aligned}[t]
\FormatLHS{x^2 - y^2} &:= (x+y)(x-y) \\
    &:= (1+2)(3+4)(3+4)(3+4)(3+4) \\
    &:= (3\times 7)(3\times 7)(3\times 7) \\
    &\phantom{:}= 123456789 \\
    &\phantom{:}= 42/2
\end{aligned}$
\item $\begin{aligned}[t]
\FormatLHS{x^2 +2xy + y^2} &:= (x+y)^2
\end{aligned}$
\end{enumerate}
\end{defn}
\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] Is it possible to use the enumerate/itemize environment within the proof/remark environment in a nice way

here's how it works with amsthm (quoted from the ams author faq):

"When a theorem (proof) begins with a list, how do I keep the first item from running together with the theorem (proof) heading?"

\begin{environment}\leavevmode
\begin{enumerate}\item ...

this will start the list on the next line after the heading.

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