[jdk17] RFR: JDK-8269150 Unicode \u005C not treated as an escaping backslash [v2]

[Jim Laskey]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2021 18:42:10 GMT, Jim Laskey <jlaskey at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> \u005C Unicode escape sequence not being treated as a backslash for general escape sequences.
>
> Jim Laskey has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains two additional commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - Merge branch 'master' into 8269150
>  - Correct unicode escape handling in UnicodeReader, added test

I'll rework the fix to be consistent with jdk 15.

-------------

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk17/pull/126