Added markdown parsing for comments so links in comments now appear properly.

Also rewrote part of the HTML rewriting code so it doesn't introduce an additional wrapping element in the output which was added due to a html5lib requirements on input.

python/packages/markdown/extensions/__init__.py

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+"""
+Extensions
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+"""
+
+class Extension:
+    """ Base class for extensions to subclass. """
+    def __init__(self, configs = {}):
+        """Create an instance of an Extention.
+
+        Keyword arguments:
+
+        * configs: A dict of configuration setting used by an Extension.
+        """
+        self.config = configs
+
+    def getConfig(self, key, default=''):
+        """ Return a setting for the given key or an empty string. """
+        if key in self.config:
+            return self.config[key][0]
+        else:
+            return default
+
+    def getConfigs(self):
+        """ Return all configs settings as a dict. """
+        return dict([(key, self.getConfig(key)) for key in self.config.keys()])
+
+    def getConfigInfo(self):
+        """ Return all config descriptions as a list of tuples. """
+        return [(key, self.config[key][1]) for key in self.config.keys()]
+
+    def setConfig(self, key, value):
+        """ Set a config setting for `key` with the given `value`. """
+        self.config[key][0] = value
+
+    def extendMarkdown(self, md, md_globals):
+        """
+        Add the various proccesors and patterns to the Markdown Instance.
+
+        This method must be overriden by every extension.
+
+        Keyword arguments:
+
+        * md: The Markdown instance.
+
+        * md_globals: Global variables in the markdown module namespace.
+
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError, 'Extension "%s.%s" must define an "extendMarkdown"' \
+            'method.' % (self.__class__.__module__, self.__class__.__name__)
+