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+local busted = require 'busted'
+local assert = require 'luassert'
+local yaml = require 'tinyyaml'
+
+busted.describe("empty lines", function()
+  busted.it("multi-line scalar", function()
+    assert.same(
+      {
+        abstract = "This is the abstract.\nIt consists of two paragraphs.\n"
+      },
+      yaml.parse([[
+        abstract: |
+          This is the abstract.
+          It consists of two paragraphs.
+      ]])
+    )
+    assert.same(
+      {
+        abstract = "This is the abstract.\n\nIt consists of two paragraphs.\n"
+      },
+      yaml.parse([[
+        abstract: |
+          This is the abstract.
+
+          It consists of two paragraphs.
+      ]])
+    )
+    assert.same(
+      {
+        abstract = "This is the abstract.\n\n\nIt consists of two paragraphs.\n"
+      },
+      yaml.parse([[
+        abstract: |
+          This is the abstract.
+
+
+          It consists of two paragraphs.
+      ]])
+    )
+  end)
+end)