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fix: keep escaped backslashes in angle-bracket link destinations #465

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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion src/mistune/helpers.py
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Expand Up @@ -242,7 +242,10 @@ def _parse_angle_link_href(src: str, pos: int) -> Union[Tuple[str, int], Tuple[N
c = src[pos]
if c == ">":
return src[start:pos], pos + 1
if c in "<\\\n\r\x00":
if c == "\\":
pos = min(pos + 2, len(src))
continue
if c in "<\n\r\x00":
return None, None
pos += 1
return None, None
8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions tests/test_misc.py
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Expand Up @@ -134,6 +134,14 @@ def test_link_bracket_cache_cases(self):
for text, html in cases.items():
self.assertEqual(mistune.html(text).strip(), html)

def test_angle_link_escaped_backslash(self):
cases = {
r"[link](<foo\*bar>)": '<p><a href="foo*bar">link</a></p>',
"[x]: <a\\*b>\n\n[x]": '<p><a href="a*b">x</a></p>',
}
for text, html in cases.items():
self.assertEqual(mistune.html(text).strip(), html, text)

def test_allow_harmful_protocols(self):
renderer = mistune.HTMLRenderer(allow_harmful_protocols=True)
md = mistune.Markdown(renderer)
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