+// DeEscapeString - unescape (\0XX and \xXX) from a string /*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* */
+string DeEscapeString(const string &input)
+{
+ char tmp[3];
+ string::const_iterator it, escape_start;
+ string output, octal, hex;
+ for (it = input.begin(); it != input.end(); ++it)
+ {
+ // just copy non-escape chars
+ if (*it != '\\')
+ {
+ output += *it;
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ // deal with double escape
+ if (*it == '\\' &&
+ (it + 1 < input.end()) && it[1] == '\\')
+ {
+ // copy
+ output += *it;
+ // advance iterator one step further
+ ++it;
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ // ensure we have a char to read
+ if (it + 1 == input.end())
+ continue;