Pipe symbol | inside code inside table cell is parsed as table separator

[remorses]

Initial checklist

• I read the support docs
• I read the contributing guide
• I agree to follow the code of conduct
• I searched issues and couldn’t find anything (or linked relevant results below)

Affected packages and versions

remark-gfm@4

Link to runnable example

https://stackblitz.com/edit/github-iglaql-z65qwa?file=src%2Fmain.ts

Steps to reproduce

1. run vite
2. notice the output is different from input, the pipe symbol (|) is interpreted as a table separator instead of being inside the code block

Expected behavior

A pipe operator inside an inline code should not be parsed as table separator

Actual behavior

Pipe is parsed as table separator

Runtime

Node v16

Package manager

npm 8

OS

No response

Build and bundle tools

No response

[wooorm]

Yup, try it on GH:

| a             |
| ---           |
| `'pipe' | and`|

a
`'pipe'

See? The stuff gets lost.
This is a known GH gotcha that we follow.
They solve it in a weird way, which we also do: you cannot normally escape in code, but you can escape pipes in cells in code:

| a             |
| ---           |
| `'pipe' \| and`|

a
'pipe' | and

I wrote some more about all the parsing details of tables here: https://github.com/wooorm/markdown-rs/blob/main/src/construct/gfm_table.rs

[remorses]

Thank you! I didn't know that