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Problem with escaping in 'values'

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, webpack
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Start by reproducing the escaped-key case described in the issue, using a key such as fromCharCode\\(e\\) and a value lookup containing the two slashes. Trace the handling of values from input through lookup; done means the saved key and lookup key remain consistent and the lookup no longer inserts undefined.

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Description

When writing a key with escaped special characters (e.g. 'fromCharCode\\(e\\)') it saves the key with one slash, so when script tries to find value with the two slashes it can't, and inserts undefined.

Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
36
Forks
8
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