Bug: invalid nesting of inline markup across link labels

[John Gruber]

A. Pagaltzis <pagaltzis at gmx.de> wrote on 5/2/06 at 9:15 PM:


> there’s a bug in Markdown.pl:

> 

>     [foo*bar](#) [baz*quux](#)

> 

> This expands to the following:

> 

>     <p><a href="#">foo<em>bar</a> <a href="#">baz</em>quux</a></p>

> 

> Those `*` should either be disregarded or the tags should nest

> correctly:

> 

> 1.    <p><a href="#">foo*bar</a> <a href="#">baz*quux</a></p>

> 2.    <p><a href="#">foo<em>bar</em></a><em> </em><a href="#"><em>baz</em>quux</a></p>

> 

> Of course, the second option is a lot more complex to implement

> and at the same time unlikely to be what the user actually meant.


Good catch.

I think the first solution is better.

-J.G.