# blank_line

URL: /patitas/api/parsing/blocks/list/blank_line/
Section: list
Description: Blank line handling for list parsing.

Handles the complex logic for blank lines within and between list items.

Phase 4: Uses ContainerStack for indent queries (stack is source of truth).

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`parsing.blocks.list.blank_line`

Blank line handling for list parsing.

Handles the complex logic for blank lines within and between list items.

Phase 4: Uses ContainerStack for indent queries (stack is source of truth).

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## Classes

`BlankLineResult`

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Base class for blank line handling results.

Base class for blank line handling results.

`ContinueList`

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Continue parsing the current list (may mark as loose).

Bases:

`BlankLineResult (/patitas/api/parsing/blocks/list/blank_line/#BlankLineResult)`

Continue parsing the current list (may mark as loose).

#### Methods

Internal Methods
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`__init__`

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`def __init__(self, is_loose: bool = False, save_paragraph: bool = False)`

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`is_loose`
`—`

Default:`False`

`save_paragraph`
`—`

Default:`False`

`EndItem`

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End the current list item but continue the list.

Bases:

`BlankLineResult (/patitas/api/parsing/blocks/list/blank_line/#BlankLineResult)`

End the current list item but continue the list.

#### Methods

Internal Methods
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`__init__`

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`def __init__(self, is_loose: bool = True)`

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`is_loose`
`—`

Default:`True`

`EndList`

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End the entire list.

Bases:

`BlankLineResult (/patitas/api/parsing/blocks/list/blank_line/#BlankLineResult)`

End the entire list.

`ParseBlock`

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Parse the next token as a block element within the list item.

Bases:

`BlankLineResult (/patitas/api/parsing/blocks/list/blank_line/#BlankLineResult)`

Parse the next token as a block element within the list item.

#### Methods

Internal Methods
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`__init__`

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`def __init__(self, is_loose: bool = True)`

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`is_loose`
`—`

Default:`True`

`ParseContinuation`

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Parse the next token as continuation content.

Bases:

`BlankLineResult (/patitas/api/parsing/blocks/list/blank_line/#BlankLineResult)`

Parse the next token as continuation content.

#### Methods

Internal Methods
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`__init__`

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`def __init__(self, is_loose: bool = True, save_paragraph: bool = True)`

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`is_loose`
`—`

Default:`True`

`save_paragraph`
`—`

Default:`True`

## Functions

`handle_blank_line`

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`BlankLineResult (/patitas/api/parsing/blocks/list/blank_line/#BlankLineResult)`

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Handle blank line in list parsing using ContainerStack.

Determines what action…

`def handle_blank_line(next_token: Token | None, containers: ContainerStack) -> BlankLineResult`

Handle blank line in list parsing using ContainerStack.

Determines what action to take after encountering a blank line
within a list item. Queries indent values from the container stack
(the stack is the source of truth for indent context).

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`next_token`
`Token (/patitas/api/tokens/#Token) | None`

The token following the blank line(s)

`containers`
`ContainerStack (/patitas/api/parsing/containers/#ContainerStack)`

The container stack with current frame context

##### Returns

`BlankLineResult (/patitas/api/parsing/blocks/list/blank_line/#BlankLineResult)`

`_handle_blank_then_indented_code`

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`BlankLineResult (/patitas/api/parsing/blocks/list/blank_line/#BlankLineResult)`

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Handle INDENTED_CODE token after blank line using ContainerStack.

This is comp…

`def _handle_blank_then_indented_code(token: Token, containers: ContainerStack) -> BlankLineResult`

Handle INDENTED_CODE token after blank line using ContainerStack.

This is complex because INDENTED_CODE may be:

- A list marker continuation (at list level)

- Paragraph continuation (at content level)

- Block quote or fenced code

- Actual indented code block (4+ beyond content)

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`token`
`Token (/patitas/api/tokens/#Token)`

The INDENTED_CODE token

`containers`
`ContainerStack (/patitas/api/parsing/containers/#ContainerStack)`

The container stack with current frame context

##### Returns

`BlankLineResult (/patitas/api/parsing/blocks/list/blank_line/#BlankLineResult)`