This is f*king important issue ;) In our case, users might not even realise they are writing markdown. Therefore it is common to see a single asterisk to be used for something else than emphasis, for example ad hoc foot notes, curse words or wild card characters.
I'm trying to use an asterisk in my string but it makes everything after is Italic. I believe this behaviour is unexpectes.
Input:
Expected: This string has something *important, so I use an asterisk.
Actual: This string has something *important, so I use an asterisk.
If this behaviour is expected I then one should resort to escaping the said character, however this also produces an undesirable result.
Input:
Expected: This string has something *important, so I use an asterisk.
Actual: This string has something \*important, so I use an asterisk.