Tables filter in 5.1

I've used the tables.module in 4.7 and am trying to move up to 5.1 but found out that there is no tables.module yet. The last feature request that I have seen from the tables.module page at drupal.org was posted more than a year ago. Is there a plan to get this module for 5.1? It is very useful as my users have been used to it as they extensively publish data in table form and they are not into (some of them hate) tag scripting specifically the table tags.

And while I am at it already, let me also ask if there will be a filter for creating lists, specifically, nested lists, with similar tags as the tables filter (for obvious usability reasons). Something like this:

[ordered-list=css-style
item 1
item 2 [unordered-list=css-style
  item a
  item b
  ...
  item x
]
...
item n]

Module writers, anyone?

Thanks!