Can't use both bold and italic in comments, if using underscore for italics

Question

Following this old question. This (bold+italics, when both bold and italics is generated using asterisk):

*when I'm uploading a transparent `.png` file (with alpha channel) **using Media Library***

works:

when I'm uploading a transparent .png file (with alpha channel) using Media Library

This (bold+italics, when bold is generated using asterisk and italics using underscore):

_when I'm uploading a transparent `.png` file (with alpha channel) **using Media Library**_

works, when put to post:

when I'm uploading a transparent .png file (with alpha channel) using Media Library

but fails when used in comment. A bug or a feature?

Patient: it hurts when I do this. Doctor: then don't do this. — Mathieu Guindon, Sep 8 '15 at 19:01
Markdown differences between different kinds of posts. Confusing users since the beginnings of SE — Vogel612's Shadow, Sep 8 '15 at 19:02

Chris Jester-Young · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-01 18:32:36Z

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Our posts and comments are formatted using different systems. Obviously, this bug affected the comment formatting system, known as MarkdownMini.

This will be fixed as of build 3737 on MSO/MSE, and build 2860 on other sites.

answered Oct 1 '15 at 18:32

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