Why does commonmark convert like this?

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There is a markdown text According to commonmark ("example": 521) tests, it should convert to I don't really understand the logic of this behavior. The link tag starts earlier and theoretically should be Even in the markdown syntax coloring, the text is highlighted as a link and not as a code tag. So why does the spec say it should be different?
[foo`](/uri)`
<p>[foo<code>](/uri)</code></p>
<p><a href="/uri">foo`</a>`</p>

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This is probably because `` cannot contain nested tags. Therefore, such elements are processed first.