# Parse the next inline element in subject, advancing input index
	#
	# On success, add the result to block's children and return true.
	# On failure, return false.
	private fun parse_inline: Bool do
		var res: Bool
		var c = peek
		if c == '\0' then return false
		if c == '\n' then
			res = parse_newline
		else if c == '\\' then
			res = parse_backslash
		else if c == '`' then
			res = parse_backticks
		else if c == '[' then
			res = parse_open_bracket
		else if c == '!' then
			res = parse_bang
		else if c == ']' then
			res = parse_close_bracket
		else if c == '<' then
			res = parse_auto_link or parse_html_inline
		else if c == '&' then
			res = parse_entity
		else
			if delimiter_processors_map.has_key(c) then
				res = parse_delimiters(delimiter_processors_map[c], c)
			else
				res = parse_string
			end
		end

		if not res then
			advance 1
			# When we get here, it's only for a single special character that turned
			# out to not have a special meaning.
			# So we shouldn't have a single surrogate here, hence it should be ok
			# to turn it into a String
			var literal = c.to_s
			append_text(literal)
		end

		return true
	end