comparison src/common.cpp @ 410:4f5414a7edb4

Handle escaped backslash (\\u) for cases where Unicode escape is not intended

 
 QString uniDecode(QString s)
 {
     QString d;
     for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); ++i) {
+        // backslash-u escaped with another backslash: replace with a
+        // single backslash and skip on
+        if (i+2 < s.length() && s[i] == '\\' && s[i+1] == '\\' && s[i+2] == 'u') {
+            d += "\\u";
+            i += 2;
+            continue;
+        }
+        // unescaped backslash followed by u and at least four more
+        // chars: replace with Unicode character
         if (i+5 < s.length() && s[i] == '\\' && s[i+1] == 'u') {
             QString uni = s.mid(i+2, 4);
             QByteArray ba = QByteArray::fromHex(uni.toAscii());
             d += QChar(ba[1], ba[0]);
             i += 5;
-        } else {
-            d += s[i];
-        }
+            continue;
+        }
+        // default case: leave alone
+        d += s[i];
     }
     return d;
 }