patch 8.2.4858: K_SPECIAL may be escaped twice
Problem: K_SPECIAL may be escaped twice.
Solution: Avoid double escaping. (closes #10340)
diff --git a/src/typval.c b/src/typval.c
index 50b1d62..4f6e41d 100644
--- a/src/typval.c
+++ b/src/typval.c
@@ -2069,11 +2069,10 @@
{
++p;
// A "\<x>" form occupies at least 4 characters, and produces up
- // to 21 characters (3 * 6 for the char and 3 for a modifier):
- // reserve space for 18 extra.
- // Each byte in the char could be encoded as K_SPECIAL K_EXTRA x.
+ // to 9 characters (6 for the char and 3 for a modifier):
+ // reserve space for 5 extra.
if (*p == '<')
- extra += 18;
+ extra += 5;
}
}
@@ -2168,7 +2167,7 @@
if (p[1] != '*')
flags |= FSK_SIMPLIFY;
- extra = trans_special(&p, end, flags, NULL);
+ extra = trans_special(&p, end, flags, FALSE, NULL);
if (extra != 0)
{
end += extra;