Sublist under empty-parent sublist is not rendered in block reference

[ob-user]

Steps to reproduce

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- SVD：
  $$
  \forall \boldsymbol{A} \in \mathbb{R}^{m\times n},\ \boldsymbol{A} = \boldsymbol{U}\boldsymbol{\Sigma} \boldsymbol{V}^{T} \iff  \forall i,\ \boldsymbol{A}\boldsymbol{v}_{i} = \sigma_{i}\boldsymbol{u}_{i}
  $$
  where ^0e39bf
	- 
		- left singular matrices $\boldsymbol{U}\in \mathbb{R}^{m\times m}$ is orthonormal
		- right singular matrices $\boldsymbol{V}\in \mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ is orthonormal
	- ==Where is this line?==
		- ==Where is this line?== $\boldsymbol{U}$ is eigenvector matrix of $\boldsymbol{A}\boldsymbol{A}^\top$
		- ==Where is this line?== $\boldsymbol{V}$ is eigenvector matrix of $\boldsymbol{A}^\top \boldsymbol{A}$


![[test#^0e39bf]]

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[WhiteNoise]

Thanks

[ob-user]

Do you expect this to be fixed soon or not?

[WhiteNoise]

This is not a bug actually. I tested against commonmark and I don’t think you can have an empty parent.

commonmark.js demo

[ob-user]

CommonMark actually supports empty parents.

The only issue is that an empty parent conflicts with the syntax for headings; as a result, an empty parent underneath text is misinterpreted as a heading marker.

However, empty parents are allowed in Obsidian by design. There are no syntax conflicts in this case, by design.

Obsidian should remain consistent in its support for empty parents and make sure there are no bugs with block references.