MacDownApp / MacDownApp/macdown
Parse several unmatched '[' or ']', resulting in CPU 100%
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- Rich Text Format
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Description
I know this is an unusual way of writing, or almost wrong, but this situation results in a CPU usage of 100%.
Eg:
[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the problem with the unmatched '[' input shown in the issue, then trace the Markdown parsing path to identify why it consumes 100% CPU. Done means the input no longer causes runaway CPU usage while normal Markdown parsing continues to work.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- markdown
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100