# Is there a proposal for bringing \`dedent\` into the standard library?

**URL:** <https://es.discourse.group/t/is-there-a-proposal-for-bringing-dedent-into-the-standard-library/411>\
**Category:** I have questions\
**Tags:** proposal\
**Created:** [July 31, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://es.discourse.group/t/is-there-a-proposal-for-bringing-dedent-into-the-standard-library/411 "2020-07-31T01:37:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![claudiameadows](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/es.discourse.group/claudiameadows/32/126_2.png) [@claudiameadows](https://es.discourse.group/u/claudiameadows)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://es.discourse.group/t/is-there-a-proposal-for-bringing-dedent-into-the-standard-library/411/1 "2020-07-31T01:37:51Z")

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I was just wondering if there was a proposal for bringing something like [dedent](https://www.npmjs.com/package/dedent) (has many issues) or [ts-dedent](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ts-dedent) into the standard as a template tag.

I felt like I saw something before, but I can't remember for sure.

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**Author:** ![bergus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/es.discourse.group/bergus/32/152_2.png) [@bergus](https://es.discourse.group/u/bergus)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://es.discourse.group/t/is-there-a-proposal-for-bringing-dedent-into-the-standard-library/411/2 "2020-07-31T02:40:33Z")

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The search finds [Triple-backtick template literal with indentation support](https://es.discourse.group/t/triple-backtick-template-literal-with-indentation-support/337) from a few months ago.