Continuations

Empty direct line continuations are always ignored, so this ...

field:
|
| foo
|
| bar
|

... produces the value "foobar"

Leading and trailing empty spaced line continuations are ignored, so this ...

field:
\
\ foo
\ bar
\

... produces the value "foo bar"

In-between empty spaced line continuations do not contribute redundant spacing, so this ...

field:
\ foo
\
\ bar

... produces the value "foo bar"

An in-between empty spaced line continuation can contribute spacing, so this ...

field:
| foo
\
| bar

... produces the value "foo bar"

Multiple in-between empty spaced line continuations can only contribute spacing once, so this ...

field:
| foo
\
\
| bar

... produces the value "foo bar"