From 88571d7639d1bfa134b9b4f89ddd031b11fe8f69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Hill <bruce@bruce-hill.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 15:13:54 -0700
Subject: More intuitive escape sequences for string patterns

---
 compiler.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

(limited to 'compiler.c')

diff --git a/compiler.c b/compiler.c
index a0ff087..60da7d8 100644
--- a/compiler.c
+++ b/compiler.c
@@ -395,6 +395,12 @@ vm_op_t *bpeg_stringpattern(file_t *f, const char *str)
         for (; *str; str++) {
             if (*str == '\\') {
                 check(str[1], "Expected more string contents after backslash");
+                const char *after_escape;
+                char e = unescapechar(&str[1], &after_escape);
+                if (e != str[1]) {
+                    str = after_escape - 1;
+                    continue;
+                }
                 if (str[1] == '\\') {
                     ++str;
                     continue;
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