From: noreply@...
Date: 2007-04-26T17:37:27+09:00
Subject: [ ruby-Patches-10380 ] gsub with backslash characters in replacement string

Patches item #10380, was opened at 2007-04-26 08:37
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Category: None
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Adam Bozanich (abozanich)
Assigned to: Nobody (None)
Summary: gsub with backslash characters in replacement string

Initial Comment:
Hello, spotted this one the other day:

irb(main):001:0> '\'.gsub('\','\\')
=> "\"
irb(main):002:0> '\'.gsub('\','\\\')
=> "\\"

This patch seems to work OK on my system.

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