[perl #128738] \x{ffffffff} as string delim preserves \\

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OK, so this is the *real* bug I was after when I opened ticket #128737 (when I wasn’t thinking):

$ ./miniperl  -e 'eval "print q \x{fffffff}Hello, \\\\whirled!\n\x{fffffff}" or die;'
Hello, \whirled!

That is expected.  But add another f:

$ ./miniperl  -e 'eval "print q \x{ffffffff}Hello, \\\\whirled!\n\x{ffffffff}" or die;'
Hello, \\whirled!

And \\ in a q() string is now being preserved, instead of being changed to a single backslash.

Same results from 5.8.7 to 5.25.3.

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Father Chrysostomos

• [perl #128738] \x{ffffffff} as string delim preserves \\ by Father Chrysostomos via RT
• Re: [perl #128738] \x{ffffffff} as string delim preserves \\ by Karl Williamson
• [perl #128738] \x{ffffffff} as string delim preserves \\ by Father Chrysostomos