Fix: "\*" isn't a part of a emphasis marker sequence

lib/lexer_inline/emphasis.js

@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ function isAlphaNum(code) {
          (code >= 0x61 /* a */ && code <= 0x7A /* z */);
 }
 
-// returns the amount of markers (1, 2, 3), or -1 on failure;
+// returns the amount of markers (1, 2, 3, 4+), or -1 on failure;
 // "start" should point at a valid marker
+//
+// note: in case if 4+ markers it is still not a valid emphasis,
+// should be treated as a special case
 function parseStart(state, start) {
   var pos = start, lastChar, count,
       max = Math.min(state.posMax, pos + 4),
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ function parseStart(state, start) {
   if (count >= 4) {
     // check condition 1
     // sequence of four or more unescaped markers can't start an emphasis
-    return -1;
+    return count;
   }
 
   // check condition 2, marker followed by whitespace
@@ -50,8 +53,11 @@ function parseStart(state, start) {
   return count;
 }
 
-// returns the amount of markers (1, 2, 3), or -1 on failure;
+// returns the amount of markers (1, 2, 3, 4+), or -1 on failure;
 // "start" should point at a valid marker
+//
+// note: in case if 4+ markers it is still not a valid emphasis,
+// should be treated as a special case
 function parseEnd(state, start) {
   var pos = start, lastChar, count,
       max = Math.min(state.posMax, pos + 4),
@@ -59,8 +65,6 @@ function parseEnd(state, start) {
 
   lastChar = state.pending.length !== 0 ? state.pending.charCodeAt(state.pending.length - 1) : -1;
 
-  if (lastChar === marker) { return -1; }
-
   while (pos < max && state.src.charCodeAt(pos) === marker) { pos++; }
   count = pos - start;
 
@@ -74,7 +78,7 @@ function parseEnd(state, start) {
   if (count >= 4) {
     // check condition 1
     // sequence of four or more unescaped markers can't start an emphasis
-    return -1;
+    return count;
   }
 
   // check condition 2, marker preceded by whitespace
@@ -104,12 +108,18 @@ module.exports = function emphasis(state/*, silent*/) {
       breakOutOfOuterLoop,
       max = state.posMax,
       start = state.pos,
+      haveLiteralAsterisk,
       marker = state.src.charCodeAt(start);
 
   if (marker !== 0x5F/* _ */ && marker !== 0x2A /* * */) { return false; }
 
   startCount = parseStart(state, start);
   if (startCount < 0) { return false; }
+  if (startCount >= 4) {
+    state.pos += startCount;
+    state.pending += state.src.slice(start, startCount);
+    return true;
+  }
 
   oldLength = state.tokens.length;
   oldPending = state.pending;
@@ -120,9 +130,9 @@ module.exports = function emphasis(state/*, silent*/) {
   len = rules.length;
 
   while (state.pos < max) {
-    if (state.src.charCodeAt(state.pos) === marker) {
+    if (state.src.charCodeAt(state.pos) === marker && !haveLiteralAsterisk) {
       count = parseEnd(state, state.pos);
-      if (count >= 1) {
+      if (count >= 1 && count < 4) {
         oldCount = stack.pop();
         newCount = count;
 
@@ -176,7 +186,13 @@ module.exports = function emphasis(state/*, silent*/) {
       if (ok) { break; }
     }
 
-    if (!ok) { state.pending += state.src[state.pos++]; }
+    if (ok) {
+      haveLiteralAsterisk = false;
+    } else {
+      haveLiteralAsterisk = state.src.charCodeAt(state.pos) === marker;
+      state.pending += state.src[state.pos];
+      state.pos++;
+    }
   }
 
   // restore old state