MD049, MD050 conflicts with functional differences between underscores and asterisks about markdownlint

[DavidAnson]

Agree, although I think the vast majority of the use of emphasis in Markdown does not involve interword scenarios. The default for both of these rules is to enforce consistency with either approach, so people with preferences or relevant scenarios should similarly not be affected. And of course anyone who needs to mix things can disable the rules at the line/document/project level. Are you suggesting these rules should be deleted or just calling out the specifics here?

[EthanRutherford]

Just pointing it out. The descriptions for these rules doesn't make any mention of the distinction, so it was unclear if this was an oversight or not.

[EthanRutherford]

It may be useful for the rule to be able to detect cases where the other delimiter is necessary, and allow the use in such conditions.

[DavidAnson]

The code already detects the underscore intraword scenario called out in the specification: https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint/blob/main/lib/md049-md050.js

Do you have any examples of mis-reporting by these rules?

[EthanRutherford]

That's good to know, thanks. I was hesitant to enable the rule, as the description seemed to imply that there was no consideration. I'm also admittedly likely more aware of the distinction than the average user, having implemented a spec compliant parser at a former job. Considering that, I don't know if there's really anything actionable. Feel free to close this