diff --git a/src/inlines.c b/src/inlines.c
@@ -751,11 +751,11 @@ noMatch:
// Return a link, an image, or a literal close bracket.
static cmark_node *handle_close_bracket(subject *subj) {
- bufsize_t initial_pos;
+ bufsize_t initial_pos, save_pos;
bufsize_t starturl, endurl, starttitle, endtitle, endall;
bufsize_t n;
bufsize_t sps;
- cmark_reference *ref;
+ cmark_reference *ref = NULL;
bool is_image = false;
cmark_chunk url_chunk, title_chunk;
cmark_chunk url, title;
@@ -830,11 +830,6 @@ static cmark_node *handle_close_bracket(subject *subj) {
// skip spaces
raw_label = cmark_chunk_literal("");
found_label = link_label(subj, &raw_label);
- if (!found_label || raw_label.len == 0) {
- cmark_chunk_free(subj->mem, &raw_label);
- raw_label = cmark_chunk_dup(&subj->input, opener->position,
- initial_pos - opener->position - 1);
- }
if (!found_label) {
// If we have a shortcut reference link, back up
@@ -842,12 +837,22 @@ static cmark_node *handle_close_bracket(subject *subj) {
subj->pos = initial_pos;
}
- ref = cmark_reference_lookup(subj->refmap, &raw_label);
- cmark_chunk_free(subj->mem, &raw_label);
+ if (!found_label || raw_label.len == 0) {
+ save_pos = subj->pos;
+ subj->pos = opener->position - 1;
+ cmark_chunk_free(subj->mem, &raw_label);
+ found_label = link_label(subj, &raw_label);
+ subj->pos = save_pos;
+ }
+
+ if (found_label) {
+ ref = cmark_reference_lookup(subj->refmap, &raw_label);
+ }
- if (ref != NULL) { // found
+ if (ref) {
url = chunk_clone(subj->mem, &ref->url);
title = chunk_clone(subj->mem, &ref->title);
+ cmark_chunk_free(subj->mem, &raw_label);
goto match;
} else {
goto noMatch;