Walk backtick spans instead of matching them with a regex - #1625
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Same behavior as the current finder, just a linear scan. Sketch is from Isaac in Python-Markdown#1618. Fixes Python-Markdown#1620.
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This seems to match my proposal, so I'm okay with this.
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Walks backtick runs by counting characters instead of
RE_TICKS.match. Pairing rules are unchanged. This is the scan Isaac sketched in #1618.Fixes #1620.
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