From: Tadeusz Bochan <lists@...>
Date: 2013-05-29T21:57:00+09:00
Subject: Re: AAARRRRGH! s="#$" => SyntaxError: compile error

This workaround (avoiding eval) works, but is ever so slow !!

# convert all \nnn to corresponding character
data=text.gsub(/\\[0-7]{3,4}/) {|r| r.scanf("%c%o").last.chr}

Can any one suggest something better please ?

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