[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12690: Square brackets breaking links that contain square brackets

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#12690: Square brackets breaking links that contain square brackets
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 Reporter:  iandstewart            |       Owner:  wonderboymusic
     Type:  defect (bug)           |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                 |   Milestone:  4.0
Component:  Formatting             |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                 |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  wptexturize has-patch  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by kovshenin):

 It looks like a single possessive quantifier for the shortcode group is
 sufficient to stop any backtracking after anything has been matched in
 that group. `[^\[\]<>]` doesn't really have to be greedy because it gets
 its greediness from the `+` outside of the group. See
 [attachment:12690.3.diff].

 We've been running this on WordPress.com for a few hours now and
 everything looks good so far.

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