trailing spaces not allowed in code block

I’m encountering this error. I saw issue #190 and that a change was made for that, so I wasn’t expecting to get this error—not sure if my case is the same or different.

Inside my .md file, I have a Python code fragment within a code block:

    if kind == "rect":
        l, w = spec  # assign tuple elements
        draw_rect(l, w)
    
    elif kind == "circle":
        draw_circle(spec)

The “blank” line is included for clarity and has four spaces, which are needed to preserve the integrity of the if…else construct as a unit. I don’t need the spaces for the page to look right, but if someone copy/pasted the fragment, they’d end up with a syntax error. So, I’ve kept four spaces in the line. But that’s giving me an error.

Is this a different issue than #190? Am I missing something?

Thanks!

[DavidAnson]

Thanks, I’ll look at opting fenced code blocks into the exception.

[lowlydba]

Also would like to see this implemented. In my use case, I am generating markdown documentation for databases and so can’t guarantee (as is the case with my demo code) that the code within a database follows markdown best practices.

Giving a pass to the code blocks allows me to more tightly control my markdown, while not erroring out for the fenced code blocks that originate elsewhere.