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  <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br />
  <a href="http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3792/how-to-nest-code-within-a-list-using-markdown">How to nest code within a list using markdown</a>  </p>
</blockquote>

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<li>If there is a list immediately followed by a code block the code block is not recognized as code</li>
<li><p>(Even though there is a newline between the two).</p>

<p>int answer = 42;</p>

<p><strong>Note:</strong> This happens both in the WMD preview and in the final (server rendered) post.</p></li>
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