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		throw_m239339 on Nov 5, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MDN converted to Markdown Pretty sure that markdown wasn't imagined for that purpose, how would it even work? Markdown for comments in config files? Absolutely.

cbo100 on Nov 5, 2022 [–]

The autorest project uses this actually.

It works by embedding yaml code blocks into a markdown file.

It’s actually not completely awful and has proven somewhat useful to have a configuration clearly documented within the config.

https://github.com/Azure/autorest/blob/main/docs/generate/re...

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