Correct, whitespace is stripped out by the Lua interpreter at runtime outside of "quoted strings". The first format is probably the sanest for readability. You're the best. Thank you!

Okay so, I return with new things to understand. I have made my mod, and I'm feeling pretty comfortable with what ...

Yes, version 2.0 changed how recipe ingredients are specified . There used to be a shorthand format for compatibility. The Quality mod chokes if a Recipe does not have a valid Ingredients because it auto-generates recipes for each quality level… it is generally easiest/faster to disable the DLC ...

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I am a long (long... long...) time Factorio player, but very new to modding. And by very new, I mean I like just started this week (and this is my first real foray into programming). And that journey started with learning how Lua works. So I ran through the Lua ...