https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24245

          Issue ID: 24245
           Summary: ddoc interprets `$(...)` in  backticks, as a macro
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: dmd
          Assignee: nobody@puremagic.com
          Reporter: destructionator@gmail.com

---
/// `$(thing)`
module test;
---

the $(thing) there will be expanded to an empty macro, despite being in an inline code block. Inline code blocks should never apply macro expansion since it indicates foreign language code.

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