M README.md → README.md

@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ *   Good performance. I have not done rigorous benchmarking, but
     informal testing suggests it is around 3--4x slower than upskirt
     for general input. It blows away most other markdown processors.
 
+*   Thread safe. You can run multiple parsers is different
+    goroutines without ill effect. There is no dependence on global
+    shared state.
+
 *   Minimal dependencies. Blackfriday only depends on standard
     library packages in Go. The source code is pretty
     self-contained, so it is easy to add to any project.

M inline.go → inline.go

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ i = end
 
 		// call the trigger
 		handler := parser.inline[data[end]]
-		if consumed := handler(out, parser, data, i); consumed == 0 {
+		if consumed := handler(parser, out, data, i); consumed == 0 {
 			// no action from the callback; buffer the byte for later
 			end = i + 1
 		} else {
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ parser.nesting--
 }
 
 // single and double emphasis parsing
-func inlineEmphasis(out *bytes.Buffer, parser *Parser, data []byte, offset int) int {
+func inlineEmphasis(parser *Parser, out *bytes.Buffer, data []byte, offset int) int {
 	data = data[offset:]
 	c := data[0]
 	ret := 0
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ // strikethrough only takes two characters '~~'
 		if c == '~' || isspace(data[1]) {
 			return 0
 		}
-		if ret = inlineHelperEmph1(out, parser, data[1:], c); ret == 0 {
+		if ret = inlineHelperEmph1(parser, out, data[1:], c); ret == 0 {
 			return 0
 		}
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ if len(data) > 3 && data[1] == c && data[2] != c {
 		if isspace(data[2]) {
 			return 0
 		}
-		if ret = inlineHelperEmph2(out, parser, data[2:], c); ret == 0 {
+		if ret = inlineHelperEmph2(parser, out, data[2:], c); ret == 0 {
 			return 0
 		}
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ if len(data) > 4 && data[1] == c && data[2] == c && data[3] != c {
 		if c == '~' || isspace(data[3]) {
 			return 0
 		}
-		if ret = inlineHelperEmph3(out, parser, data, 3, c); ret == 0 {
+		if ret = inlineHelperEmph3(parser, out, data, 3, c); ret == 0 {
 			return 0
 		}
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ 
 	return 0
 }
 
-func inlineCodeSpan(out *bytes.Buffer, parser *Parser, data []byte, offset int) int {
+func inlineCodeSpan(parser *Parser, out *bytes.Buffer, data []byte, offset int) int {
 	data = data[offset:]
 
 	nb := 0
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ }
 
 // newline preceded by two spaces becomes <br>
 // newline without two spaces works when EXTENSION_HARD_LINE_BREAK is enabled
-func inlineLineBreak(out *bytes.Buffer, parser *Parser, data []byte, offset int) int {
+func inlineLineBreak(parser *Parser, out *bytes.Buffer, data []byte, offset int) int {
 	// remove trailing spaces from out
 	outBytes := out.Bytes()
 	end := len(outBytes)
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ return 0
 }
 
 // '[': parse a link or an image
-func inlineLink(out *bytes.Buffer, parser *Parser, data []byte, offset int) int {
+func inlineLink(parser *Parser, out *bytes.Buffer, data []byte, offset int) int {
 	// no links allowed inside other links
 	if parser.insideLink {
 		return 0
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ return 0
 }
 
 // '<' when tags or autolinks are allowed
-func inlineLAngle(out *bytes.Buffer, parser *Parser, data []byte, offset int) int {
+func inlineLAngle(parser *Parser, out *bytes.Buffer, data []byte, offset int) int {
 	data = data[offset:]
 	altype := LINK_TYPE_NOT_AUTOLINK
 	end := tagLength(data, &altype)
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ 
 // '\\' backslash escape
 var escapeChars = []byte("\\`*_{}[]()#+-.!:|&<>")
 
-func inlineEscape(out *bytes.Buffer, parser *Parser, data []byte, offset int) int {
+func inlineEscape(parser *Parser, out *bytes.Buffer, data []byte, offset int) int {
 	data = data[offset:]
 
 	if len(data) > 1 {
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ }
 
 // '&' escaped when it doesn't belong to an entity
 // valid entities are assumed to be anything matching &#?[A-Za-z0-9]+;
-func inlineEntity(out *bytes.Buffer, parser *Parser, data []byte, offset int) int {
+func inlineEntity(parser *Parser, out *bytes.Buffer, data []byte, offset int) int {
 	data = data[offset:]
 
 	end := 1
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ 
 	return end
 }
 
-func inlineAutoLink(out *bytes.Buffer, parser *Parser, data []byte, offset int) int {
+func inlineAutoLink(parser *Parser, out *bytes.Buffer, data []byte, offset int) int {
 	// quick check to rule out most false hits on ':'
 	if parser.insideLink || len(data) < offset+3 || data[offset+1] != '/' || data[offset+2] != '/' {
 		return 0
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ }
 	return 0
 }
 
-func inlineHelperEmph1(out *bytes.Buffer, parser *Parser, data []byte, c byte) int {
+func inlineHelperEmph1(parser *Parser, out *bytes.Buffer, data []byte, c byte) int {
 	i := 0
 
 	// skip one symbol if coming from emph3
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ 
 	return 0
 }
 
-func inlineHelperEmph2(out *bytes.Buffer, parser *Parser, data []byte, c byte) int {
+func inlineHelperEmph2(parser *Parser, out *bytes.Buffer, data []byte, c byte) int {
 	i := 0
 
 	for i < len(data) {
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ }
 	return 0
 }
 
-func inlineHelperEmph3(out *bytes.Buffer, parser *Parser, data []byte, offset int, c byte) int {
+func inlineHelperEmph3(parser *Parser, out *bytes.Buffer, data []byte, offset int, c byte) int {
 	i := 0
 	origData := data
 	data = data[offset:]
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ return 0
 			}
 		case (i+1 < len(data) && data[i+1] == c):
 			// double symbol found, hand over to emph1
-			length = inlineHelperEmph1(out, parser, origData[offset-2:], c)
+			length = inlineHelperEmph1(parser, out, origData[offset-2:], c)
 			if length == 0 {
 				return 0
 			} else {
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ return length - 2
 			}
 		default:
 			// single symbol found, hand over to emph2
-			length = inlineHelperEmph2(out, parser, origData[offset-1:], c)
+			length = inlineHelperEmph2(parser, out, origData[offset-1:], c)
 			if length == 0 {
 				return 0
 			} else {

M markdown.go → markdown.go

@@ -97,14 +97,9 @@ "noscript":   true,
 	"blockquote": true,
 }
 
-// This struct defines the rendering interface.
-// A series of callback functions are registered to form a complete renderer.
-// A single interface{} value field is provided, and that value is handed to
-// each callback. Leaving a field blank suppresses rendering that type of output
-// except where noted.
-//
+// This interface defines the rendering interface.
 // This is mostly of interest if you are implementing a new rendering format.
-// Most users will use the convenience functions to fill in this structure.
+// Currently Html and Latex implementations are provided
 type Renderer interface {
 	// block-level callbacks
 	BlockCode(out *bytes.Buffer, text []byte, lang string)
@@ -140,8 +135,13 @@ DocumentHeader(out *bytes.Buffer)
 	DocumentFooter(out *bytes.Buffer)
 }
 
-type inlineParser func(out *bytes.Buffer, parser *Parser, data []byte, offset int) int
+// Callback functions for inline parsing. One such function is defined
+// for each character that triggers a response when parsing inline data.
+type inlineParser func(parser *Parser, out *bytes.Buffer, data []byte, offset int) int
 
+// The main parser object.
+// This is constructed by the Markdown function and
+// contains state used during the parsing process.
 type Parser struct {
 	r          Renderer
 	refs       map[string]*reference