From 26f58002be0278ae05bee0e5f8543efbbbd9573e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John MacFarlane <jgm@berkeley.edu>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 10:54:10 +0100
Subject: Allow unlimited balanced pairs of parentheses in link URLs.

See #166.  The rationale is that there are many URLs containing
unescaped nested parentheses.
---
 spec.txt | 27 ++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

(limited to 'spec.txt')

diff --git a/spec.txt b/spec.txt
index c66f93b..c49e85b 100644
--- a/spec.txt
+++ b/spec.txt
@@ -7148,8 +7148,7 @@ A [link destination](@) consists of either
 - a nonempty sequence of characters that does not include
   ASCII space or control characters, and includes parentheses
   only if (a) they are backslash-escaped or (b) they are part of
-  a balanced pair of unescaped parentheses that is not itself
-  inside a balanced pair of unescaped parentheses.
+  a balanced pair of unescaped parentheses.
 
 A [link title](@)  consists of either
 
@@ -7255,35 +7254,29 @@ Parentheses inside the link destination may be escaped:
 <p><a href="(foo)">link</a></p>
 ````````````````````````````````
 
-One level of balanced parentheses is allowed without escaping:
-
-```````````````````````````````` example
-[link]((foo)and(bar))
-.
-<p><a href="(foo)and(bar)">link</a></p>
-````````````````````````````````
-
-However, if you have parentheses within parentheses, you need to escape
-or use the `<...>` form:
+Any number parentheses are allowed without escaping, as long as they are
+balanced:
 
 ```````````````````````````````` example
 [link](foo(and(bar)))
 .
-<p>[link](foo(and(bar)))</p>
+<p><a href="foo(and(bar))">link</a></p>
 ````````````````````````````````
 
+However, if you have unbalanced parentheses, you need to escape or use the
+`<...>` form:
 
 ```````````````````````````````` example
-[link](foo(and\(bar\)))
+[link](foo\(and\(bar\))
 .
-<p><a href="foo(and(bar))">link</a></p>
+<p><a href="foo(and(bar)">link</a></p>
 ````````````````````````````````
 
 
 ```````````````````````````````` example
-[link](<foo(and(bar))>)
+[link](<foo(and(bar)>)
 .
-<p><a href="foo(and(bar))">link</a></p>
+<p><a href="foo(and(bar)">link</a></p>
 ````````````````````````````````
 
 
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