Doxygen `@code` block not formatted if without leading spaces; when formatted includes leading `*` and has 'escape' `\`.

Using C/C++ v1.32.2

Some observations of the Doxygen support for @code or \code blocks:

  /**
   * @brief Set or clear the referenced bit.
   * 
   * @param value true to set the bit, false to clear it.
   * @return Reference to this BitReference object.
   * 
   * @code
   * uint8_t flags = 0b00000000;
   * BitReference<uint8_t> bit(flags, 2);
   * bit = true;  // flags == 0b00000100
   * bit = false; // flags == 0b00000000
   * @endcode
   */

Without 4 leading spaces (this only has 2) the code block is not rendered.

With 4 leading spaces it looks like this:

I might have expected:

• A Code: header to preface the code block.
• The *'s from the Doxygen block to not be present (shown as \*).
• the extraneous \ that appear to be trying to escape *, _, < and > (and who knows what else) to not be present in the render.
• The last line (the * before the @endcode) to not be included in the code block.