Inline highlighted code within a header generates invalid LaTeX

[mpark]

pandoc 2.7.2

The following Markdown:

# `foo`{.cpp}

generates:

\hypertarget{foo}{%
\section{\texorpdfstring{\VERB|\NormalTok{foo}|}{foo}}\label{foo}}

and attempting to produce a PDF results the following error:

Error producing PDF.
! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [parameter stack size=10000].
\@ifundefined #1->
                  \ifcsname #1\endcsname \@ifundefin@d@i \else \@ifundefin@d...
l.90 ...|\NormalTok{foo}|}{foo}}\label{foo}}

[mpark]

@jgm: I looked into this a bit. The following workaround seems to work:

\hypertarget{foo}{%
\section[foo]{\VERB|\NormalTok{foo}|}\label{foo}}

I guess this could be a decent workaround:

\hypertarget{foo}{%
\section[\texttt{foo}]{\VERB|\NormalTok{foo}|}\label{foo}}

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On the other hand, I wonder whether the \VERB environment is all that useful now that most special characters are escaped by jgm/skylighting@1832ce0 anyway. Is it possible to simply use \texttt for even for highlighted inline code?

[Wandmalfarbe]

I just want to add that it compiles perfectly without the language tag:

1. # `foo`{.cpp}: Error
2. # `foo`: Ok
3. # `foo`{.cpp} with --listings: Error
4. # `foo` with --listings: Ok

[mpark]

@Wandmalfarbe: Yes, that works today because raw verbatim code produces \texttt{...}. The highlighted code is produced by skylighting with \VERB|...|, including a "language tag" such as `foo`{.default}.