"| a |" (without the quotes) produces a one cell table.
If you delete just the letter "a" then
https://djot.net/playground/ hangs and has to be reloaded
(caused by "ast.lua:520: unmatched -row encountered at byte xxxx").
A workaround is "| \ |" (which puts a non breaking space into the cell).
But this looks a little bit clumsy.
"| a |" (without the quotes) produces a one cell table. If you delete just the letter "a" then https://djot.net/playground/ hangs and has to be reloaded (caused by "ast.lua:520: unmatched -row encountered at byte xxxx").
A workaround is "| \ |" (which puts a non breaking space into the cell). But this looks a little bit clumsy.