two lists without separating text (corner case?)

[weakish]

weakish <weakish <at> gmail.com> writes:


> What's more, if we intercept this as one list,

> then how can we write two lists without separating

> text in markdown?  I've no idea except using HTML:

> 

> - apple

> - orange

> <!-- Dear Markdown: I want two lists. -->

> * John

> * Jane



This idea just came to my mind:
use empty blockquote or code span:

- apple
- orange


><SPC>


* John
* Jane

` `     

+ foo
+ bar

This works in all markdown implementation.

Empty code span feels better to me,
since using empty blockquote requires an
invisible space character.

But maybe `<!-- Dear Markdown: I want two lists. -->`
is more clear and explicit.