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Bug 350109

Summary:	config strings with embedded escapes result in uncompilable generated .c
Product:	[Technology] RTSC	Reporter:	Dave Russo <d-russo>
Component:	Core	Assignee:	Dave Russo <d-russo>
Status:	ASSIGNED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	dfriedland
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
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Description Dave Russo

2011-06-22 20:50:59 EDT

A config string with an embedded escape will cause the generated .c configuration file to be uncompilable.  Foe example, "hello world\n" will be translated into a string with \n replaced by a single new line.  When writing to the generated C file, this results in a an illegal C initialization.

We need to "undo" the translation performed by JavaScript and convert into the appropriate C digraphs (where possible).  

The workaround it to always escape the escape sequences interpreted by JavaSctip.  In the case above, "hello world\n" would be written as "hello world\\n".