From: "alexeymuranov (Alexey Muranov)" <redmine@...>
Date: 2013-03-21T19:05:44+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:53602] [ruby-trunk - Bug #8136][Open] gsub strange behavior when substituting "\\'"


Issue #8136 has been reported by alexeymuranov (Alexey Muranov).

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Bug #8136: gsub strange behavior when substituting "\\'"
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/8136

Author: alexeymuranov (Alexey Muranov)
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: 
Target version: 
ruby -v: 2.0.0


=begin
  s = "\\'"          # => "\\'"
  print s            # \' 
  "foo".gsub("f", s) # => "oooo"

Can anybody please explain to me why it works like this?  Is this a bug?
=end



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