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		aaronmdjones on May 7, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Matt Godbolt sold me on Rust by showing me C++ Indent by 4 spaces to get code blocks on HN. `Like this`

craftkiller on May 7, 2025 | [–]

You only need 2 spaces: https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc

steveklabnik on May 7, 2025 | | [–]

You only need 2. https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc

> Text after a blank line that is indented by two or more spaces is reproduced verbatim. (This is intended for code.)

bionhoward on May 8, 2025 | [–]

  Thank
  you

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