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BeeOnRope on Dec 30, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: A little-known C feature: Static array indices in ...

If the character following a * is whitespace it will show up as an asterisk without implication of special formatting.

    In code blocks *asterisks* don't need any special
    escaping as they always show up "as is".

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