variable indentation levels / hierarchy in lists

[Gary Johnson]

> I actually would appreciate multi-level lists up to three levels deep,
> indented with one space, or with multiple stars.
>
> * level 1
>  * level 2
>   * level 3
> OR
> * level 1
> ** level 2
> *** level 3
>
> It maintains the "check only the first three characters" limit, is
> non-breaking, and is not required for clients to implement. I am merely
> suggesting it as a *possible* change, but I am unsure whether I even
> should mention it or not because I'm generally in the "don't change the
> spec" crowd, but I feel I should at least put it forward for discussion.

I concur for all the reasons listed here. I'd prefer the multiple stars
approach (*, **, ***) though since that allows us to avoid making
leading whitespace significant and aligns well with the multiple hashes
approach that we use for headlines (#, ##, ###).

My 2c,
  Gary

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