cmark

diff --git a/src/inlines.c b/src/inlines.c
@@ -345,7 +345,8 @@ static int scan_delims(subject *subj, unsigned char c, bool *can_open,
     *can_close = right_flanking &&
                  (!left_flanking || cmark_utf8proc_is_punctuation(after_char));
   } else if (c == '\'' || c == '"') {
-    *can_open = left_flanking && !right_flanking;
+    *can_open = left_flanking && !right_flanking &&
+	         before_char != ']' && before_char != ')';
     *can_close = right_flanking;
   } else {
     *can_open = left_flanking;

diff --git a/test/smart_punct.txt b/test/smart_punct.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,15 @@ left double quote, to facilitate this style:
 <p>“Second paragraph by same speaker, in fiction.”</p>
 ````````````````````````````````
 
+A quote following a `]` or `)` character cannot
+be an open quote:
+
+```````````````````````````````` example
+[a]'s b'
+.
+<p>[a]’s b’</p>
+````````````````````````````````
+
 Quotes that are escaped come out as literal straight
 quotes: